Cape Town only has about 100 days of water left

Now would be as good a time as any for the notoriously relaxed Cape Town to lose its cool, yet for the most part life in the picturesque city loved by international tourists ambles along. Earlier this month, Cape Town was declared a disaster area as the water supply dwindled due to a drought across the Western Cape province. Officials assured reporters that the declaration wasn’t meant to send the city’s four million residents into panic, but rather to get around bureaucratic red tape to free up some money to deal with the crisis. By March 20, water levels at the major dams supplying Cape Town had dropped to 28,6%, which is 1.4% less than the week before, according to statistics from the mayor’s office. What’s worse, the last 10% of dam water isn’t fit for human consumption. At those levels, Cape Town has 103 days of water left. The city has pleaded with people to save water and restrictions have been in place since December. So…

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