Cape Town's "Day Zero" is a bellwether of global water crises

Aaron Packman

Cape Town's "Day Zero" is a bellwether of global water crises

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

With reservoirs already extremely low after a punishing drought, Cape Town is now projected to run out of water as early as July. The city of 4 million has implemented drastic conservation measures, restricting residents to 50 liters (13 gallons) of water per day, around 15% as much as the average person in the U.S.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Axios
State	Published - Feb 23 2018

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