{"id":15764,"date":"2018-02-14T06:50:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T06:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/?p=15764"},"modified":"2018-04-16T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T15:32:04","slug":"cape-town-braces-day-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/ceo-life\/health\/cape-town-braces-day-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"How real is “Day Zero” for Cape Town?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Water in Cape Town is dropping to scarily low levels.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Despite postponing<\/a> Day Zero, Cape Town’s water supply is still at risk.<\/p>\n

Government officials of Cape Town warned they could be forced to turn off the faucets on April 16, also known as “Day Zero”,<\/a>\u00a0as unprecedented draughts had Cape Town dangerously running dry, however, Reuters published<\/a> authorities\u00a0pushed back its estimate out to 2019 as dams begin to fill up across South Africa.<\/p>\n

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Water shortage also brings disease in communities.<\/p><\/div>\n

Recently, Patricia de Lille, Mayor since June 2011, said through a statement<\/a>: “We are past the point of no return. Day Zero is almost unavoidable.\u00a0We WILL run out of water by the end of April unless everyone reduces their water usage to less than 50 liters per person per day.”<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0dam levels have been rising across the country, and although residents have been living with stringent consumption restrictions, there is a sense of relief for Cape Town for the moment.<\/p>\n

BizNews has published<\/a> about the possibility of “a lying game” regarding the possibility of water shortage in the second largest South African city.<\/p>\n

Cape Town: at risk<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Although South Africa is known for its tough environmental laws and policies, three years of persistent drought, considered the worst in over a century, have made the city\u2019s water usage go up to over 600-million liters per day, despite major efforts to bring it down below 500-million liters.<\/p>\n

This ghastly eventuality threatened to leave Cape Town\u00a0without piped water to homes, businesses, hospitals, schools and other vital institutions.<\/p>\n

According to Piotr Wolski<\/a>, member of the Climate System Analysis Group, climate models show that Cape Town is destined to face a drier future, with rains becoming more unpredictable in the coming decades.<\/p>\n

A tough future, despite early preparations<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The second largest city in South Africa is known for being widely committed<\/a> to environmental protection and sustainable development.<\/p>\n

Since 2006 when\u00a0the Democratic Alliance flew into power, they worked thoroughly on\u00a0sustainability reforms, specially in the city\u2019s water conservation measures, even when population rose.<\/p>\n

According to The New York Times<\/a>, despite Cape Town swelled by 30% since the early 2000s, overall water consumption remained flat, this because many of the new arrivals settled in the city\u2019s poor areas, consuming less water, and actually bringing down per capita use.<\/p>\n

However, the city has struggled with major heat waves and unprecedented drier seasons<\/a>, and while almost all of its water still comes from six dams dependent on rainfall, a risky situation looms down on the South African metropolis.<\/p>\n

Cape Town: an example for the world<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The shortage of water is real, and it\u00b4s happening everywhere.<\/p>\n

As of last year, 872 cities in Brazil<\/a> were\u00a0under state of emergency by the federal government on account of a long period of drought.<\/p>\n

California, for example, endured five years of record drought<\/a> before last winter and have also seen a fairly dry winter so far in 2018.<\/p>\n

According to Business Insider<\/a>, in 2011, Durango, Mexico, and other sun-baked northern states of Mexico witnessed the worst drought since the government began recording rainfall 70 years ago, and events have not lightened up.<\/p>\n

On another report by The New York Times, published February 2011<\/a>, it states climate change is threatening to push Mexico City, a densely crowded capital, into a breaking point.<\/p>\n

Times demand immediate action<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The time has come for cities to understand their full commitment to the water situation across the globe.<\/p>\n

Shortage of water is a cruel reality that no region could dream to escape, and Cape Town is a major reminder that actions must continue to be decisive, firm and committed to long-term.<\/p>\n

Cutting back water may seem like a difficult message to understand in one of the world\u2019s most unequal societies, but the time to cherish and protect water may already be upon us.<\/p>\n

Click her<\/a>e to see how the discussion for climate change went down in the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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