water crisis

South Africa’s #SaveWater mascot Splash is scarier than the drought

While the City of Cape Town is using apps, Twitter campaigns and Mmusi Maimane’s bucket delegation skills to remind South Africans to save water,…

Cape Town deputy mayor applauds ‘record low’ water usage

526-million litres per day: that’s how much water Cape Town used last week. And the city’s deputy mayor Ian Neilson believes that’s a cause…

Cape Town’s dams are just 29.4% full, but we’re using a lot less water

Cape Town is getting drier, but you probably didn’t need me to tell you that. Instead, let’s look at the City’s latest dam report….

Cape Town sees weekend rainfall, but #DayZero continues to draw near

Cape Town may as well be in the middle of the Sahara desert right now. Actually, probably not. Because even the Sahara has seen…

Cape Town dams: Day Zero pushed back to May, agriculture suffers

The City of Cape Town has issued its latest “water dashboard” report, and it brings some welcome news to thirsty Capetonians. Dam levels are…

A graphical look at Cape Town’s water crisis: January 2018

Congratulations, you’ve made it through 2018’s first month unscathed. No, that wasn’t me addressing you, but rather Cape Town’s ailing water delivery system. Yes,…

Dam levels drop 0.9% as Cape Town struggles to save water

Good news, Cape Town. Well, sort of. While last week’s dam report saw a dire dam level loss of 1.4%, this week’s decrease is…

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…

Cape Town dams breach 30% full mark as City throttles supply pressure

If you’re in Cape Town and were caught in the rain this morning, don’t worry, your socks will dry. More importantly, the current precipitation…

Weekly Round Up Podcast #117: Cape Town water calculator & SnapnSave scores big

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. After a week’s sabbatical from…

Cape Town dams now at 29%, water usage remains ‘far too high’

It’s been a good week for Cape Town’s water crisis. First, the City debuted its new water calculator to help consumers better understand their…

Cape Town: calculate your daily water usage here

How much water do you consume daily? Considering that the City of Cape Town wants its citizens to use less than 87 litres per…

How many days of water does Cape Town have left? This website tells you

Mentioning the weather is anything but small talk in Cape Town nowadays. For many reasons it should be among the most important conversations you…

Mayor: Cape Town to source 20% of energy from renewables by 2020

Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille today took to Twitter in an hour-long update regarding key issues affecting the City of Cape Town, including…

Those droplets though: Instagram gets artsy as rain falls in Cape Town

If you hadn’t yet stuck your head out of the window and simply checked any of the numerous social networks, you’d know the exact…

Dear Cape Town, dam levels are rising but you’re still using too much water

The City of Cape Town believes that the city’s residents are still using far too much water. This even after the more stringent Level…

Cape Town dams 23% full, CoCT ponders ‘reverse osmosis, desalination’ plants

The good news continues this week, Cape Town. Dam levels have increased for the second week in a row, signalling the start of winter……

Cape Town dam levels rise after storm, but nowhere near enough

Great news, Cape Town. Your major dam levels have finally seen an increase week-over-week, albeit a tiny one. After Wednesday’s punchy cold front and…

Track Cape Town’s storm in realtime with these 3 free resources

You might’ve heard passing reports about Cape Town’s inclement weather forecast today. These reports suggest that the oncoming cold front will be one of…

Alerts ring across Twitter as Cape Town’s Wednesday storm bears closer

Weather is usually a subject of awkward small talk, but in Cape Town in 2017 it’s all everyone is talking about. While the city’s…

Weekly Round Up Podcast #108: Covfefe & water from fog

Welcome to Weekly Round Up, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week, Hadlee Simons…

Cape Town’s Koeberg nuclear power station to get mini-desalination plant

Cape Town’s nuclear power plant Koeberg is turning to desalination as the drought deepens, Eskom reveals. A column written this week by Koeberg’s power station…

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