Cape Town water crisis
What if we turn on the taps and nothing comes out? With dam levels at record lows and rain still not falling, this is a serious threat facing a city of four million people. GroundUp did an in-depth investigation of the water crisis.
GroundUp's investigation into the water crisis
- 15 May 2017: Water shortage in photos
- 16 May 2017: What's causing the problem — but the following article is more up-to-date (22 January 2018): How severe is the drought? An analysis of the latest data
- 17 May 2017: Data and the water shortage
- 18 May 2017: What is being done and what needs to be done
- 19 May 2017: What happens if the dams dry out
- 21 July 2017: What government is doing
Also see:
- Cape Town's precarious water supply (8 June 2016)
- This water crisis will not be Cape Town's last (17 Feb 2017)
- Cape Town's taps could really run dry (3 April 2017)
- Drought: Cape Town may ban swimming pool top-ups (13 April 2017)
Useful articles on other sites
The University of Cape Town has an excellent series on the Cape Town water crisis.
Also see:
- How severe is the drought? by Dr Piotr Wolski, UCT’s Climate System Analysis Group
- Water restrictions explained on City of Cape Town website
- Cape Town's weekly dam levels on City of Cape Town website
