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A Major Indian City Has Nearly Run Out of Water
▻https://diasp.eu/p/9250826

A Major Indian City Has Nearly Run Out of Water

In Chennai - India’s sixth largest city - 4.6 million people have all but run out of water.

Those who can afford it rely on private water tankers, although these are mostly inaccessible for the 820,000 people who live in the city’s slums.

The situation is becoming dire, and it’s causing tension in the city. There are recent stories of neighbours stabbing each other over access to water.

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #WaterCrisis #Water

▻https://www.sciencealert.com/this-indian-city-has-all-but-run-out-of-water-and-no-one-is-talking-ab

Cape Town, South Africa to become first city in the developed world to run out of water - World Socialist Web Site

▻https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/01/29/cape-j29.html

#it_has_begun #eau #afique_du_sud

Cape Town, South Africa to become first city in the developed world to run out of water
By Genevieve Leigh
29 January 2018

Authorities in South Africa’s drought stricken city of Cape Town are predicting that only 74 days are left until it becomes the first major city in the developed world to run out of water. The countdown to what is being called “Day Zero” is based on calculations for when the water supply in the dams will collectively drop below 13.5 percent, rendering the water system unusable.