Gleick, who has spent substantial time in South Africa, says the country generally has good water managers. Like many places in the world, Cape Town and the surrounding region has likely reached “peak water,” or the limit of how much water can be reasonably taken from the area, says water scientist Peter Gleick, president-emeritus of the Pacific Institute. “No person in Cape Town should be flushing potable water down a toilet any more.… No one should be showering more than twice a week now,” said Helen Zille, the premier of the Western Cape province, where Cape Town is located. citizen uses 100 gallons (375 liters) per day.) (To put this into perspective, an average U.S. ![]() The three-year long drought hasn’t ended, but severe water rationing-limiting people to a mere 13 gallons (50 litres) per person per day-has made a difference. ![]() ![]() “Day Zero,” when at least a million homes in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, will no longer have any running water, was originally scheduled for April.
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