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Reservoirs in Parched Chennai, City of Millions, Are Dry. Can Better Forecasting Avert Future Crises?

Posted: 25 Jun 2019 04:14 AM PDT

This article by Brett Walton originally appeared on Circle of Blue.Residents of Chennai, by all accounts, are miserable and anxious. The city's main reservoirs are dry, depleted by the failure of successive monsoons to provide replenishing rains. The shortfall has crippled the piped distribution network, which is now meeting just half of typical demand through a mix […] Related posts: Resilient Cities Need to Support the Informal Economy: Millions of Overlooked Working Poor Sponge City:...

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