Cape Town running out of water

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Severe drought has led to extreme measures to reduce water usage, but if things don't change weather wise Cape Town will soon be out of water. I once owned a week there.

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[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

We met someone that lived there and was trying to get us to buy a home there,

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

S.A. should have thought about this before they tossed out the people that knew how to run things. Im pretty certain that if S.A. was managed by the old management team they would have taken measures like desalination to prevent this water crisis.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Bill the problem is a long drought.

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

So the fix is rain ? I read that SA wasn't going to getting much rain because of climate change. Maybe they should move to the USA.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

They can deny it where they are, or move here to see it's happening here too.

I hear Paris has running water.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Cape town's water problem has gotten better. Reservoirs were at 70% in September, 2018 and water restrictions have been reduced or ended.

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

I almost thought this post was from last year. My sil and bil were on a trip last year and spent a few days in Capetown. They were worried about running out of water then.

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I almost thought this post was from last year. My sil and bil were on a trip last year and spent a few days in Capetown. They were worried about running out of water then.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Thought it might be nice to update the situation in case anyone was thinking of going there.

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

Some of my family went to SA on a trip to tour parts of Africa. They say the best part of this trip was Amsterdam and not really Africa.

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

Some of my family went to SA on a trip to tour parts of Africa. They say the best part of this trip was Amsterdam and not really Africa.

This sounds like the trip my sil and bil took. They started in Amsterdam, but then went to South Africa, stayed in Cape Town, then on to Namibia. But they love Africa. They've been several times to various areas.

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Some of my family went to SA on a trip to tour parts of Africa. They say the best part of this trip was Amsterdam and not really Africa.

This sounds like the trip my sil and bil took. They started in Amsterdam, but then went to South Africa, stayed in Cape Town, then on to Namibia. But they love Africa. They've been several times to various areas.