São Francisco river transfer moves forward
- From: Vol 8, Issue 7 (July 2007)
- Category: General
- Region: Americas
- Country: Brazil
Following protracted local protests, the Brazilian army has been drafted in to kick-start an ambitious water transfer project. One hopes the private firms responsible for the technical work will not need military protection.
Initial work on the BRL6.3 billion (US$3.3 billion) São Francisco river transfer project began on 25 June, when Brazilian army construction battalions cleared riverside scrubland for the first channels.
The army has received BRL100 million to kick-start the project, which is aimed at transferring 26.2m3/sec from the river to two networks which will ...
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