Cape Town Drought

From February, Capetonians will be urged to use 50 litres of water per person per day, except for the 60% of them who were previously urged to use only 87 litres per day but will now continue using more than 87 litres per day because – and this is really shocking – it turns out that urging has no coercive effect whatsoever.

Most dramatically of all, we now know that on April 21, “Day Zero”, the city will turn off the taps but only in everyone’s houses and schools and most businesses. That’s because Patricia de Lille said that a well-run city doesn’t run out of water and, because Cape Town is a well-run city, the water will be turned off before it runs out and so, even though it will feel like the water has run out, what with toilets no longer flushing and the economy grinding to a halt

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