it’s the water, stupid!
2009-01-24
The Paraguay River in Villeta, 40km south of Asuncion, earlier this month: The unusually low level of water forced Paraguayan officials to close the river to navigation. The river, which is navigable all the way out to the Atlantic Ocean past Uruguay and Argentina and is vital to commerce in this land-locked country, is at its lowest level in years and is causing daily losses to the industries that depend on it
[from Athens News, 23.1.09, page 18]
Yannis Zabetakis on the importance of good water management