Meanwhile the Cape Water Crisis continues. Today I saw people buying their ration of 5 litre water bottles in the supermarket. The newspaper photographed others of all races queuing to fill bottles at a spring. The waterfront Victoria and Alfred Hotel has a great display of water bottles showing how much one uses in a shower or a bath. Trucks carry slogans saying "I'm not cleaned because I'm saving water!"
This cartoon expressed the value of water nicely for Valentine's Day!
This cartoon expressed the value of water nicely for Valentine's Day!
I spoke to some elderly cruise ship passengers from Hull today, and they said that their ship leaves port at night in order to find clear ocean water where they can run their desalination plant.
The newspaper also printed someone's suggestion to tow an iceberg up from Antarctica, and it would be interesting to see a feasibility study for that.
Ironically Johannesburg has been experiencing abnormally heavy rain and flooding.
One age-old remedy for drought is announced with a banner advert across The Cape Times newspaper with sponsors logos from all major water industry players. There will be a three-day event called
"PRAY FOR RAIN"!
I hope it works!
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