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A small town in southern Ecuador has solved the drought problem by using an ancient rainwater collection system used in the past by the indigenous people of the pre-Inca era, the Paltas.We are talking about Catacocha, a town located in a province known for its extremely dry conditions.The rains only appear two months a year, between January and February, and climate change is only exacerbating this.The unexpected solution therefore arrived by looking at the past, a an ancient system of artificial lagoons which the native peoples used to cope with the already intense aridity.The local historian who discovered it, Galo Ramón, convinced the inhabitants of Catacocha to apply it and the results were surprising.Nine years later, the change that has taken place is visible. In 2005, the community recreated, on one of the highest points of Catacocha, Cerro Pisaca, this water collection and supply system created by the Palta, an indigenous community that lived in the area more than a thou...