Tourists who want to help Cape Town during its water crisis should sing in the shower.
South Africa’s second-largest city is suffering from a severe water shortage and expects to run out of water on July 9, the doomsday date known as Day Zero.
To keep time, you can count Mississippis, set a stopwatch or play one of several South African songs that have been shortened to two minutes.
“It’s not pandemonium — ‘I can’t shower.
Only Cape Town is.
“People think that if there’s a drought in Cape Town, it must be all over,” he said.
“It’s water-wise tourism,” he said.
Last year, the dams were 37 percent full; this week, the number is hovering at 24 percent.
When the needle hits 13 percent, the government will declare Day Zero and turn off the municipality’s running water.
For updates and facts on the water crisis, Wesgro, the tourism office for Cape Town and the Western Cape, created a website and Twitter account: #WaterWiseTourism.