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HotSpots H2O: “Day Zero” Looms for South African Province

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By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — June 20, 2022. South Africa’s Eastern Cape province is scrambling to avoid a “Day Zero” scenario in which taps run dry. To avoid Day Zero, Mchunu said the city must reduce its water extraction by one-fifth, leaving a budget of 50 liters, or 13 gallons, per person per day.

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The Year in Water, 2022

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The Year in Water, 2022. Sharpening the Shark’s Teeth By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 13, 2022. Spend a few days at a water conference and you’ll hear a favored metaphor for the environmental changes that are unsettling the planet. If climate change is a shark, attendees will say, then water is the shark’s teeth.

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The Stream, June 22, 2022: Fly Fishers in Utah Express Concern Over Western Drought: ‘How Long Can We Do This?’

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Earlier this week, the Neskantaga First Nation marked 10,000 days under a drinking water, the longest advisory of any First Nation in Canada’s history. HotSpots H2O: “Day ZeroLooms for South African Province – Government dysfunction has multiplied drought risks. In Recent WaterNews.

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