Let Cape Town revolutionise the way we think about water | Anne Van Loon

The South African city’s crisis is a warning that we can’t keep squandering one of life’s basic necessitiesFor something so essential, water management is all too often lacking in sophistication. It’s about playing a waiting game – waiting for the rains to return in time and the reservoirs and groundwater reserves to replenish. About as sophisticated as when your GP says: “Here’s some paracetamol; if you’re not feeling better in a couple of weeks, come and see me again…”Many illnesses will go away by themselves and often the rains do come. But in chronic cases waiting is highly dangerous. Witness the Cape Town water crisis. When “day zero” strikes – the day engineers turn off taps, in about 10 weeks – many will suffer, provoking, potentially, social unrest and instability. Continue reading…
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