Circle Of Blue | By: Brett Walton | October 26, 2017:

No end to water crisis in South Africa’s second largest city. After three consecutive dry years, Cape Town resorts to water “blackouts” to conserve water.

It’s called Day Zero, the day when the six main reservoirs that supply Cape Town will be drained of water.

For Cape Town and the Western Cape province of South Africa, which enter the dry season after three consecutive years of significantly below-average rainfall, that nightmare scenario is approaching with uncomfortable speed.

Without drastic action to conserve or to tap emergency supplies, the region’s leaders warn that Day Zero could come by March.

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