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English: Graph of the total amount of water stored in the 6 major dams of the Western Cape Water Supply System, and the level of water restrictions enforced by the City of Cape Town, over the period from 1 November 2013 to 30 August 2021. This covers the period of the Cape Town water crisis. Dam level data obtained from City of Cape Town Open Data.
The Cape Town water crisis in South Africa was a multi-year period in 2015–2020 of water shortage in the Western Cape region, most notably affecting the City of Cape Town. Dam water levels began decreasing in 2015 and the Cape Town water crisis peaked during mid-2017 to mid-2018 when water levels hovered between 14 and 29 percent of total dam ...
The Cape Town water crisis in South Africa was a multi-year period in 2015–2020 of water shortage in the Western Cape region, most notably affecting the City of Cape Town. Dam water levels began decreasing in 2015 and the Cape Town water crisis peaked during mid-2017 to mid-2018 when water levels hovered between 14 and 29 percent of total dam ...
The Eastern Cape region of South Africa experienced a severe multi-year drought from 2015 through early 2020. [1] [2] The drought was one of the worst in the region's history and led the South African government to declare the region a "disaster area" in October 2019.
[51] [52] Water scarcity only enters the news headlines, when a water supply crisis affects a major economic centre, such as the Cape Town water crisis or what is well known in Johannesburg, where there's another example of infrastructure and maintenance that is no longer adequately controlled and managed. [53]
While the normal draw for water supply is 1 million to 1.1 million gallons a day with a peak day of 2 million gallons last summer, the real threat could come if, as the lake water evaporates, rain ...
[21] 17 March 2020 the black market of stolen water was reported in Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality amidst emergency-related corruption concerns. [ 22 ] In May 2019, Namibia declared a state of emergency in response to the drought, [ 23 ] and extended it by additional 6 months in October 2019. [ 24 ]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — “Layers of inadequate oversight and enforcement” by state and federal agencies contributed to a water crisis in Mississippi's capital city that left tens of thousands ...