Water

Some Cape Town homes without water at night as City tries to find right pressure

Councillor urges residents to report problems

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Brief | 6 June 2017

What happens when the dams run dry?

Mayor Patricia de Lille: “We are going to have to cut the water off for long hours like with load-shedding”

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News | 19 May 2017

What needs to be done about Cape Town’s water crisis

“Decision making … is now lagging too far behind our current reality”

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News | 18 May 2017

Here’s where to find data on Cape Town’s water crisis

Government, the weather service and academics need to do better at making data and analysis of the water crisis available

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News | 17 May 2017

Study finds that climate change threatens fynbos

Damaged ecosystem would have consequences for water catchment in Western Cape

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News | 17 May 2017

What’s causing Cape Town’s water crisis?

Population growth, drought and climate change threaten the city’s water supply

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News | 16 May 2017

Pietermaritzburg residents fetch water from a dirty river

Still no water supply in spite of new reservoir

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Brief | 10 May 2017

Drought: Cape Town may ban swimming pool top-ups

City’s water use still not down to target levels

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News | 13 April 2017

Cape Town’s taps could really run dry

No guarantee of winter rain, scientists say

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News | 3 April 2017