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Low rainfall reduces water volume in Brazil’s main reservoirs

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The volume of rainfall recorded since October 2020 is the lowest in 91 years, and the government has been implementing measures to preserve the volume of water in some reservoirs.

At the Marimbondo power station, on the border between the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, the useful volume level has plunged to just 8%. The Água Vermelha power station is also in a critical situation; the reservoir level has dropped to 7%.

These reservoirs are part of the Southeast/Midwest subsystem, the main one in Brazil. It encompasses hydroelectric reservoirs responsible for 70 . . .

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