The dire water situation (drought) is not limited to a few cities in South Africa. The rest of the country is facing serious shortages of water to meet the demand of a population of just over 60 million as most of the dams are almost dry, according to dam level figures from many of the municipalities.
Owing to the generally below average rainfall experienced in the country during the past two rainy seasons and the subsequent drought occurrence, coupled with unsustainable water use, the water supply situation has drastically deteriorated.
South Africa’s situation is echoed by international environmental conventions that suggest that most of the planet will face severe water shortage within a generation or two if population and waste production continues unabated. This was recently stressed said by experts at the ‘Bonn Declaration’ conference held in Germany mid this year.
It was revealed that currently an estimated third of the world’s seven billion people has limited access to adequate fresh water. Further to this, in the short span of one or two generations, the majority of the nine billion people on earth will be living under the handicap of severe pressure on fresh water. The nine billion mark is widely projected to be reached from about 2040.
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