A quarter of the world’s populations across 17 countries are facing extremely high water stress, according to a report released Tuesday. Most of them are close to “day zero” conditions, where taps could run dry. The World Resources Institute’s...
The water level of the dam supplying the City of Cape Town is fast approaching the 80% mark. Two state-owned dams are already at 100%. Cape Town experienced good rainfalls this winter, after three years of extreme drought. For months the Mother...
Scientists say from University of Cape Town say that although Cape Town may have dodged Day Zero, water scarcity will become the ‘new normal’ and there is no way Capetonians can go back to using water as they did in the past. Johan Enqvist and Gina...
Cape Town is planning for the worst-case water scenario. The city’s water supply has stabilised significantly over the last year and now the Cape government has approved a new 10-year strategy, which includes a permanent desalination...
By Russell Dick, Chief Executive Officer at utility Systems As South Africa commemorates National Water Week from 17 to 23 March to highlight the scarcity of this vital resource, municipalities and utilities around the country are increasingly...
One of the City of Cape Town’s major successes for the year 2018 was surviving the worst drought to ever affect the region without actually running out of water. The City in collaboration with its residents was able to keep Day Zero at bay through...
The City of Cape Town has topped a global listing for the largest water tariff increases in 2018. According to the white paper titled The Global Value of Water, the city has seen a 390% increase in the benchmark price of water and wastewater...
Parts of Makhanda in the Eastern Cape have two months supply of water left. Dam levels that supply the west of the city are below 30 %. Residents have called on national government to intervene as day zero is fast approaching. SABC News’s...
Recent rains in the Eastern Cape have brought much needed relief to Nelson Mandela Bay and the Gamtoos Valley, where five citrus towns were fast approaching Day Zero. Persistent rains over the weekend in the drought stricken western part of the...
