Capetown - first modern city could run out of water.

[x11]

Will be a world first. Pools etc are shut, huge fines for going over allocation. Actually preparing to switch off water supply.

Never happened before in the modern world.

We need to all prepare for a world of less available freshwater - reality.

Why not desalination plants?

What happens when you pray instead of plan.

 

[Gbro]

Why not desalination? It's cheaper to buy bottled water than it is to desalinate it.

 

[x11]

Why not desalination? It's cheaper to buy bottled water than it is to desalinate it.

Even large volumes ie gigalitres of essential non drinking water?

Also new avi is piss, bring back old avi or rot.

 

[Gbro]

Desalination technology is just not there yet. We need an Elon Musk type to make it hip and affordable.

 

[x11]

Desalination technology is just not there yet. We need an Elon Musk type to make it hip and affordable.

Read my edit re sig.

 

[Gbro]

The avi... They were a nice set of titties.

 

[x11]

$5/1000 litres seems affordable. Govs just don't plan and pray for god to make rain like a bunch of primitives, fact.

Desalination and Water Recycling | Water for all

 

[x11]

The avi... They were a nice set of titties.

You have really disappointed me son with the avi change. Not a good start to the year.

 

[Gbro]

I think that website is a little optimistic. Notice how they just casually throw out a 500 BILLION dollar expenditure?

 

[x11]

I think that website is a little optimistic. Notice how they just casually throw out a 500 BILLION dollar expenditure?

Spread that 500 billion over a few generations to ensure water security is a small cost for a hugely rich country like SA.

Country got dime, world's biggest resources exporter;

Economy of South Africa - Wikipedia

 

[Brolloks]

Wow. You kid, right?

The Western Cape is the only state/province in SA that's not run by the ruling party (ANC). Water provision is a central government responsibility, but the ANC has been holding back emergency assistance to gain votes in the Western Cape.

 

[ickyrica]

Will be a world first. Pools etc are shut, huge fines for going over allocation

they have water bans in the Boston Area every year. They pertain to pools, lawn care and ever kids slip and slides. Only way around it is well water ability.

 

[Brolloks]

they have water bans in the Boston Area every year. They pertain to pools, lawn care and ever kids slip and slides. Only way around it is well water ability.

Yep. During certain times of the year water restrictions get imposed in Melbourne (Australia) too. Can't water your garden before 7pm or wash your car with a hose.

South Africa is not a modern country by any stretch of the imagination. The unemployment rate is sky high, which contributes to it having a murder rate similar to most war torn countries.

@x11 go live there for a year or two before you make uninformed comments about it being a hugely rich country. Most of the resources are privatised through corrupt government tenders, and poverty is rife. A huge portion of the population is HIV positive due to denialism by the previous prez, and rape is more common than jeans.

 

[Brolloks]

Have a read for some perspective:

These are the countries that are most pessimistic

South Africa is a shithole. That's why we no longer live there.