date:May 15, 2012
An average of one person a day is being killed in water wars in rural areas, while scores of animals are wasting away before perishing, the O Globo newspaper reported over the weeekend.
Short water supplies have devastated farm output, the report said, endangering the lives of local people and their livestock.
Many people in the area have lost half their livestock, and the Brazilian government has reduced forecasts for corn, soy and bean crops.
In Pernambuco, 66 municipalities are on water e