In 2018, Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ became the focus for South Africa’s water crisis, but while its circumstances were certainly unique, the causes of its water problems were not—high demand ...

"Informal settlements use less than 4% of the water. That's not the place where the problem is," Mr Neilson said. "The big usage was what takes place behind big walls." Day Zero may have been ...

Six months ago Cape Town was a city on edge. The mayor had declared that Day Zero, when officials would shut off water to most homes and businesses in order to preserve fast-shrinking reservoirs, was ...

Data centers worldwide consume enormous volumes of water — a single hyperscale facility can use up to 1.5 million liters of water per day for cooling and humidification. As compute density ...

infrastructure maintenance Water expert and professor at Wits University Craig Sheridan says the longer the project takes to complete, the closer Joburg edges to a possible day zero. “ ...