Cape Town, South Africa, running out of water 2018

[Deleted member 117884]

Due to drought and increased water consumption, Cape Town, South Africa is predicted to run out of water in April 2018 if use is not scaled back.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...ty-south-africa-90-days-drought-a8164141.html

 

[Deleted member 117884]

"The metro area [of Cape Town] of 3.7 million has less than 90 days' worth of water in its reservoirs, making it the first major city in the world that could run out of water.

Cape Town residents and visitors can only use 13 gallons of water per day starting in February....

The average American uses 88 gallons of water per day, according to the Environmental Protection Agency."


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...ty-south-africa-90-days-drought-a8164141.html

 

[Deleted member 117884]

""We can no longer ask people to stop wasting water. We must force them," she [Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille] said at a press conference."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42731084

 

[Deleted member 117884]

"If the reservoir levels drop below 13.5 per cent capacity, the city will turn off the taps and people will have to go to one of 200 municipal sites to collect a maximum daily ration of 25 litres."

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens...rest-residents-local-activist-warns-1.4495326

 

[Deleted member 117884]

https://businesstech.co.za/news/lif...is-day-zero-brought-forward-more-than-a-week/

"Cape Town is expected to now run out of water on 12 April 2018. It was previously forecast at 21 April.....

day zero had moved from the realm of possibility to a probability."

 

[Deleted member 117884]

The crisis in Cape Town is finally hitting more mainstream media:

New York Post is reporting: "‘Point of no return’: This city is about to run out of water"

https://nypost.com/2018/01/25/point-of-no-return-this-city-is-about-to-run-out-of-water/

 

[Deleted member 117884]

From the host of a radio program on WNYC:

"@diannakane, who lives parttime in Cape Town, says ppl have buckets under every faucet to re-use; water is transferred to a bigger bucket for washing floors, flushing toilets, etc. She says it kind of makes you wonder why our homes aren't already designed to use water like this."

https://www.wnyc.org/story/city-goes-dry/

Good question.