Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water

Post by nukeop » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 11:10 AM UTC

overlordalex wrote: post #3

I live in Cape Town, and this article is missing some points about whats been going on: 1. "Day 0" has been moved forward - we're now expected to run out of water 21 April. 2. The daily limit of water per person is 87l but only ~50% of consumers meet this target 3. This is considered a 1/1000 year event (in contrast to 1/100 experienced elsewhere in the country recently). However due to increased population this is b…

Post by toyg » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 11:12 AM UTC

arethuza wrote: post #9

tici_88 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is not just the US. Canada in recent years signed a $15Bln contract to supply the Saudi Arabia rulers with weapons. (I was going to say 'government but 'rulers' feels more appropriate in this case). Saudi Arabia is at war with Yemen and the war is causing the humanitarian crisis described in the above article.

Indeed, the UK position is "We'll support the Saudis in every practical way short of engaging in combat.": https://www.caat.org.uk/campaigns/stop-arming-saudi/arms-sal...

Post by baxtr » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 11:15 AM UTC

Post by mtmail » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 11:16 AM UTC

nukeop wrote: post #12

overlordalex wrote: post #3

I live in Cape Town, and this article is missing some points about whats been going on: 1. "Day 0" has been moved forward - we're now expected to run out of water 21 April. 2. The daily limit of water per person is 87l but only ~50% of consumers meet this target 3. This is considered a 1/1000 year event (in contrast to 1/100 experienced elsewhere in the country recently). However due to increased population this is b…

I thought climate change was supposed to provide easier access to water?

Post by pure-awesome » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 11:18 AM UTC