Capetonians are now in crisis mode as they prepare for the inevitable Day Zero – when all taps will be turned off in Cape Town. The Mother City is in the midst of its worst drought in 100 years and with water fast depleting, its citizens will face the reality[…]
The situation in the villages of Bladje, Siraman, Komitan and Tamala in Mali is dire, with only a small percentage of the population having access to safe drinking water. The health of thousands of people in these villages – especially children – are at risk because of water-borne diseases. With[…]
A Cape Town action group has slammed the City of Cape Town’s proposed water tariff. “Cape Town residents are standing together to oppose the drought charge the City of Cape Town is planning to impose from 01 February 2018‚” said STOP COCT Action Group in a statement. The drought charge[…]
Day zero can be expected as soon as April 29, 2018, after high water usage by Cape Town residents over the past week, the City of Cape Town said on Tuesday. According to the City, day zero is when almost all of the taps in the city will be turned[…]
Cape Town’s “Day Zero” has moved forward by two days after water consumption increased to “dangerous levels” from an average of 611 million litres per day last week to 628 million litres this week, Mayor Patricia de Lille said on Tuesday. “This means that many people have relaxed their water-saving[…]
By Dr Salim Parker ‘Doc, we need some water,’ he pleaded. He was on a spiritual high, but his eyes looked sunken, a sure sign of the dehydration that was slowly but surely setting in. I looked around but saw not a drop in sight. I did see hundreds of[…]
The City of Cape Town will this week commence with aerial mapping of aquifers, this forming part of the City’s water saving efforts. In a statement released on Friday, the office of the Mayor Patricia De Lille confirmed that the City has commissioned a number of “land-based and airborne geophysical[…]
Wesgro and the Western Cape Government, in partnership with Airbnb and CapeNature, have announced a new campaign to help tourists and the tourism sector save water. According to Wesgro, the new campaign will distribute 2 300 low-flow showerheads to guesthouses, B&B’s and Airbnb hosts across the province. Aimed at saving[…]
The City of Cape Town has announced the interruption of water supply in certain areas of the city, as part of a pipeline condition assessment, in preparation for the Cape Town harbour emergency desalination plant. The interruptions are scheduled to begin at 22h00 on Friday evening. The affected areas include,[…]
Emergency work is under way in four Western Cape municipalities at high risk of running out of water. Colin Deiner, the provincial disaster management chief, said R200-million was being spent in Beaufort West, Kannaland (Ladismith), Knysna and Bitou. Further measures were being implemented in “medium-risk” municipalities, which were concentrated in[…]
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