Cape Town is testing new strategies to nudge domestic users into reducing their water use.
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There are measures in place to manage Day Zero and beyond. Models show that these will not work.
In periods of water stress, farmers need support, research assistance and empathy from governments and competing water users.
Day Zero will be the start of active water rationing when taps will be cut off and people will have to go to collection sites.
We think of Canada as a water-rich country, but we are not immune to water shortages or disasters. With some advance planning, Canada can avoid a water catastrophe.
The poor management of South Africa’s water is affecting the entire country.
Cities all over the world are facing growing challenges to provide clean, reliable water. And many of the fixes, such as desalination plants, have a huge carbon footprint.
Global examples show South Africa that desalination could increase water output.
The situation in Perth in particular has some parallels to that of Cape Town, but Australian cities responded to the last big drought by investing in much bigger water supply and storage capacity.
South Africa has good water laws. So why does the minister want to change them?
Africa’s immediate challenge is to develop closer partnerships with those opposing US President Donald Trump.
Mass hysteria and lawlessness during disasters are remarkably rare, contrary to Western Cape Premier Helen Zille’s prediction of anarchy when Cape Town’s taps run day.
The experiences of other countries can provide valuable lessons for Cape Town on how to better cope with its water crisis.
Opposition leader Mmusi Maimane’s takeover of responsibility for tackling the Western Cape water crisis blurs party and state lines.
Cape Town’s new water map shows users who are within the water restriction limit.
A drought levy is being proposed for water scarce Cape Town. The levy is facing wide opposition and there are claims it’s punitive and punishes those trying to save water.
The water crisis in South Africa’s Cape Town teaches us there’s more at play than just rainfall. Disasters like droughts means the issue must be seen from many different perspectives, like politics.
Water is increasingly becoming scarce as the climate changes. There are four changes that cities can make to adapt to water scarcity.
There are a number of myths surrounding Cape Town’s drought, one of them being that the city saw the crisis coming but didn’t prepare for it.
Cape Town promised alternative water sources with the ongoing drought being declared a disaster. Its main strategy is water rationing but climate models are also being used.
Top contributors
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director, African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental & Geographical Science, University of Cape Town
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Researcher, Agricultural Research Council
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Senior Researcher in Hydro-Climatology, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Distinguished Professor of Conservation Ecology, Stellenbosch University
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Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Doctor of Philosophy, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science and African Climate and Development Initiative Research Chair, University of Cape Town
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Visiting professor, University of Saskatchewan
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University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, IRES, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, University of British Columbia
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Newton International Fellow, University of Sheffield
