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 ...

As drought brought severe water shortages to the people of Cape Town, it also inspired the use of some innovative water-saving products. A fully loaded dishwasher uses 2.5 gallons (9.5 liters) of ...

"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 ...

Amid a drought, the city had set a 50-litre daily limit and had told citizens "Day Zero" was approaching when people would have to queue at standpipes. But water-saving efforts in the South ...

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. “ ...