What's being done?
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/as-cape-town-drought-bites-what-is-day-zero-20180208
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-02-05-ten-good-things-about-cape-towns-drought/
- At the start of February, the target for personal daily water usage was slashed from 87 litres to 50 litres.
- A single toilet flush uses nine litres. It is hoped that significant usage cuts will buy the city time to find a solution - or for the rains of the southern winter to refill depleted dams.
- Reducing household use has been prioritised over slashing industry's consumption as residential use accounts for 70% of consumption.
- Among the other plans being considered to avert a shut-off is an increase in desalination efforts with the first City-run plant expected to come on line later this month.
- The site, located at the V&A Waterfront, will initially produce two million litres a day. The city's demand is almost 600 million litres.
- Three other plants are halfway to completion - but are running behind schedule.
- Water is also being trucked in from elsewhere in South Africa by the Gift of the Givers charity organisation, which has sourced water from more than 70 collection points to be used to supply Cape Town's most vulnerable people.
- Boreholes will also be key to averting Day Zero.
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/as-cape-town-drought-bites-what-is-day-zero-20180208
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-02-05-ten-good-things-about-cape-towns-drought/