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the panama canal. yes, it s an experience. reporter: boris moreno, vice president of canal operations, says this series of locks and lakes as above sea level which is why it runs on fresh water, ocean water. and so you are reliant on rainfall. yes, but this year has been an unprecedented dry season. our lake levels are close to the minimum. repeporter: climatete changns making the t tropics h hotter ad dry spellsls longer anand more frequent. that is a a problem b because mg a single ship through the canals locks takes 55-125000000 gallons of water. the canal authority is trying to store and reuse as much water as possible instead of flushing it into the ocean. the panama canal uses about 2.5 times the amount of water new york city uses every day. reporter: every day? wow vehicle the canal authority is now considering proposals to divert other rivers into the canal or build more reservoirs

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