Hvorfor er der vandkrise i cape town?
Cape Town water crisis
Tørken i den sydafrikanske provins Western Cape begyndte i 2015 og har resulteret i alvorlig vandmangel i regionen, hvilket især rammer byen Cape Town. Da niveauet af dæmningerne forventes at falde til et kritisk lavt niveau, har byen annonceret planer for "Day Zero", hvor den kommunale vandforsyning stort set vil blive lukket, hvilket potentielt vil gøre Cape Town til den første større by, der løber tør for vand. Ved hjælp af vandbesparende foranstaltninger og en forøgelse af vandforsyningen havde byen i marts 2018 reduceret sit daglige vandforbrug med mere end halvdelen til omkring 500 millioner liter om dagen, hvilket resulterede i, at den oprindelige forudsigelse om Day Zero i april 2018 blev udskudt til 2019. Situationen er dog fortsat alvorlig, især hvis rækken af rekordtørre vintre fortsætter gennem 2018.
Cape Town water crisis
A drought in the Western Cape province of South Africa began in 2015 and is resulting in a severe water shortage in the region, most notably affecting the city of Cape Town. With dam levels predicted to decline to critically low levels, the city announced plans for "Day Zero", when the municipal water supply will largely be shut off, potentially making Cape Town the first major city to run out of water. Through water saving measures and water supply augmentation, by March 2018 the City had reduced its daily water consumption by more than half to around 500 million litres per day, resulting in the initial prediction of Day Zero in April 2018 being pushed back to 2019. The situation however remains severe, particularly if the run of record dry winters continues through 2018.
Cape Town water crisis