Why Is Cape Town Running Out Of Water? | NowThis World
Cape Town, South Africa, is home to 4 million people who get their water from six major reservoirs. Those reservoirs are drying up quickly and pushing Cape Town closer to Day Zero. Why exactly...
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A major metropolitan city is running out of water. Cape Town, South Africa, is home to 4 million people, and those residents get their water from six major reservoirs. In 2014, the biggest reservoir - which provides half of the city’s water - looked like this. And this is what it look like now. The government has put the city on a ticking time bomb, awaiting the day those levels get too low, and engineers shut off the taps. They’re calling it: Day Zero. Hey guys I’m Judah, this is NowThis World, and on this episode we’re going back in time to figure out how Cape Town went from experiencing one of its wettest years in decades, to the precipice of becoming the first major city in the world to have to turn off its taps. Let’s jump back to 2013. ...
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A major metropolitan city is running out of water. Cape Town, South Africa, is home to 4 million people, and those residents get their water from six major reservoirs. In 2014, the biggest reservoir - which provides half of the city’s water - looked like this. And this is what it look like now. The government has put the city on a ticking time bomb, awaiting the day those levels get too low, and engineers shut off the taps. They’re calling it: Day Zero. Hey guys I’m Judah, this is NowThis World, and on this episode we’re going back in time to figure out how Cape Town went from experiencing one of its wettest years in decades, to the precipice of becoming the first major city in the world to have to turn off its taps. Let’s jump back to 2013. ...
