Micro-Dams, a Solution to Water Shortages in Rural Brazil

SETE LAGOAS, Brazil, Aug 18 (IPS) - Water shortage is over, springs have emerged or become perennial, small ponds with fish have formed and pastures have become greener and more permanent, all thanks to the ‘barraginhas', the Portuguese name given in Brazil to micro-dams that retain rainwater and infiltrate it into the soil.

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