Global & Disaster Medicine

Cape Town & Day Zero: The recent past; the global future?

September 3rd, 2018

Global Health Now

“……On January 1, 2018, the city announced an official limit for sustainable water use of 450 million liters per day for the entire province and declared Level 6 water restrictions, capping household water use at 50 liters per residence per day. Over 6 months, the city issued tenders to build 3 emergency desalination plants, and reduced agricultural use by 60%. The city raised funding to research water saving and recovery technologies and water source diversification—moving away from reliance on the city’s dwindling reservoirs as the main water source…..”

This entry was posted on Monday, September 3rd, 2018 at 11:32 am and is filed under Drought, Historical, Historical Event, Water .
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