Has CAPE TOWN reached Day Zero?
Cape Town ‘Day Zero’ pushed back to 2019 as dams fill up in South Africa. The City of Cape Town said on its web site that Day Zero had been “pushed out to 2019.” Residents have been living with stringent consumption restrictions, which now stand at 50 litres per person per day.Click to see full…
Cape Town ‘Day Zero’ pushed back to 2019 as dams fill up in South Africa. The City of Cape Town said on its web site that Day Zero had been “pushed out to 2019.” Residents have been living with stringent consumption restrictions, which now stand at 50 litres per person per day.Click to see full answer. In this manner, how did Cape Town avoid day zero?Most of Cape Town relies on dams to supply the city with water. The city was able to avoid Day Zero – but only through a combination of aggressive water conservation and efficiency campaigns, and increased rainfall in 2018.Also, is Cape Town still running out of water? According to current projections, Cape Town will run out of water in a matter of months. This coastal paradise of 4 million on the southern tip of South Africa is to become the first modern major city in the world to completely run dry. Then, what will happen on day zero? Day zero is the day the municipal water supply will be shut down. The trigger for day zero, the closing of the city’s water supply, is when the amount of water in the reservoirs that service Cape Town drops below 13.5% of their total capacity.Is Cape Town still in drought 2019?For now, the city and its residents are still enduring moderate drought conditions. Urban water restrictions remain in place, although less strict than before, and the legacy of the drought can still be seen all around Cape Town.
