Cape Town Water Crisis 2017

Cape Town dam report: surface storage dips below 200 000 ML

Cape Town has just reached another notable #DayZero milestone: total surface storage within its six largest dams has now dipped below the 200 000…

Cape Town water usage jumps, dam levels drop to 22.7%

So Cape Town… Do you want the good news or bad news first? It’s a Monday, so let’s start with the good news. The…

Deputy Mayor Neilson: ‘Team Cape Town’ now among world’s top water saving cities

From practically flaming residents last year to praising them this: the City of Cape Town has gone through the entire mood spectrum during the…

Cape Town dams: #DayZero or not, the city remains worryingly dry

Despite what politicians may say about Cape Town’s water crisis and the potential aversion of Day Zero, there’s no denying that the dam levels…

150k Cape Town households use less than 6000L per month

It took a while, but finally the City of Cape Town knows just how much water its households used in January. Prior to Level…

Cape Town dams: the Steenbras duo stem the Day Zero tide

Cape Town’s dams are this week 0.4% worse off than last, according to the latest dam level report published by the City. Data taken…

Everything you need to know about Cape Town’s Day Zero plans

As Cape Town’s water crisis deepens, and Day Zero draws nearer, a lot of questionable information is currently circulating on the internet. But the…

Cape Town’s dam storage drops again to 36.8%

Every one of Cape Town’s largest dams, bar one, lost storage capacity over the past week, this according to the City of Cape Town’s…

Beaufort West’s Gamka Dam hits 0%

Beaufort West, the largest town in the Western Cape’s arid Karoo region, has officially run out of dam water. This according to the Western…

Cape Town dams at 38.5%, desalination timeline remains unclear

Last week, Cape Town welcomed a weak cold front that brought some 30mm of rain in some areas of the city. But this hasn’t…

‘Cape of Storms to Come’ uncovers the origins of Cape Town’s water crisis

You must be so sick of hearing about Cape Town’s water crisis right now. But it’s a huge problem — and a potential catastrophe…

Everything you need to know about Cape Town’s water rationing

While Cape Town’s dam levels are up over last week, water consumption is down, and October rainfall has been promising, the City has announced…

Cape Town dam levels increase, water rationing pays off

Cape Town: there’s some excellent news regarding the city’s current water situation. Not only are levels up this week, but consumption has also decreased…

Cape Town water crisis: water usage drops, but so does dam levels

There’s some good news and bad news this week, Cape Town. The good news is that consumption is down across the city. The bad…

Cape Town dam levels: the city’s water consumption woes continue

The City of Cape Town has issued its second dam level report for October, but little improvement was observed over the previous week. Total…

Cape Town’s temporary desalination plants will be online by ‘February 2018’

After yesterday’s rains across the metropole, Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille briefed media, and Twitter, on updates regarding its water resilience scheme. The…

Cape Town dam levels: September sees below average rainfall

The City of Cape Town today published its latest dam storage report, but it makes for bleak reading. Although no massive drops have been…

Cape Town dams: Theewaterskloof deals a blow as water usage remains high

In its latest report published Tuesday, the City of Cape Town revealed that the combined level of its six largest reservoirs saw the first…

The Weekly Roundup Podcast #121: Water from air, Ted Cruz porn & the Apple launch

Welcome to The Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week, Andy Walker…

Cape Town dam report: we’re at 37% full, but massively overusing water

It’s been a while since we’ve published an updated Cape Town dam level report, but rest assured, the situation hasn’t exactly seen a marked…

Cape Town, here’s what Level 5 water restrictions means for you

“Level 5” water restrictions are now officially in effect, the City of Cape Town confirmed Sunday. The latest measure is in a bid to…

City of Cape Town wants users to turn their taps down low

A stopcock, desalination or groundwater extraction plant, is coming to a suburb or household near you, according to the City of Cape Town. While…

Twitter is extra chill tonight as cold front freezes South Africa

It’s not every day that actual weather jargon trends on South Africa’s social media networks, but this is seemingly no ordinary week. Talk of…

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