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While rainfall helped replenish some reservoirs in central and southern Chile this past winter, the north remained parched, sapping reservoirs throughout the region.
"It hasn't rained in our zone, it's been years of very little rain," said Rene Carvajal, president of a local rural drinking water committee in Coquimbo.
Carvajal said that one year it only rained 15 millimeters and there was no snow in the Andes mountain range in the region last year.
"We could immigrate but we're going to find the same water situation, the lack of water in other cities too," Carvajal said. "There's going to be water restrictions in the city too, water is scarce here and all over the region."