After 15 years of a devastating drought, reservoirs in Chile are running dry, imperiling access to drinking water in the Andean nation. The Cogoti reservoir in the Coquimbo region of northern Chile, a basin with a capacity of 150 million cubic has completely depleted as the southern Hemisphere summer comes to an end. "The water situation is critical, I hope God remembers the rural poor and farmers," said Heriberto Perez, a local resident who raises livestock in the region and worries about how little water there is for his animals.
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