The new water programme aims to successfully implement long-term solutions.
The City of Cape Town’s new water programme will look into approaches to ensure water security post-drought.
The water supply demands are crucial to cater for the City’s rapid population growth. Authorities say this programme includes diverse initiatives aimed at adding 300 million litres of water per day by 2030. The new water programme aims to successfully implement long-term solutions to curb water shortages in the City. Authorities have used the drought that the City endured between 2015 and 2018 as a steep learning curveMayco Member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, says the diversified initiatives include groundwater extraction through aquifers, water re-use, infrastructure maintenance and long-term plans for desalination.
Badroodien says population growth and the impact of climate change are risks to water security in a city prone to drought. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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