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.
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The University of Cape Town has an excellent series on the Cape Town water crisis.
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Berg River’s sluice open, as dams fill up
7 September 2020
A response to GroundUp’s article on Coca Cola and the City of Cape Town
13 May 2020
How big business ignored the water restrictions and got away with it
By Steve Kretzmann and Raymond Joseph
8 May 2020
Deluge of rain over weekend leaves shacks and roads waterlogged
By Vincent Lali, Masixole Feni and GroundUp Staff
28 October 2019
Waterfront’s dirty sea water causes dispute that is heading to court
15 May 2019
Desalination plant contractor said water was “40 times dirtier” than expected
6 May 2019
Water in the Cape Flats Aquifer is polluted by cemeteries, waste water treatment works, landfill sites and informal settlements
26 March 2019
We have analysed the data, and can now answer this question
By Piotr Wolski
19 July 2018
Masiphumelele’s informal settlement is built on a wetland and regularly floods
4 July 2018
Dam levels are rising and Day Zero in 2019 is unlikely, but for hundreds of thousands of people, the rains bring hardship
22 June 2018
Clearing vegetation above the big dams is affordable and essential
By Jasper Slingsby and Mark Botha
29 May 2018
Big Six at 24% compared to 19.8% in the same week in 2017
28 May 2018
Higher fixed monthly charge will help pay for new sources of water for Cape Town
By Aidan Jones
10 May 2018
Dam levels are almost equal to same period last year
7 May 2018
“The dam is now at less than 10% of its capacity,” says farmer
By Aidan Jones
25 April 2018