South Africa’s second-biggest city, Cape Town, may not be faced with a Day Zero, the day the city of about four million people is forced to shut off its taps, thanks to conservation efforts and the prospect of winter rains.
Officials had forecasted Day Zero to fall around April 22, forcing residents to use no more than 87 litres per person, per day. The tap shut-off date has been moved several times, to as early as April 12, due to falling dam levels, and as late as July 9.
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However, on Wednesday, Mmusi Maimane, whose Democratic Alliance party runs Cape Town, announced that as a result of water restrictions, Day Zero may not even occur in 2018.
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