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Drought-plagued Cape Town Considers Importing an Iceberg to Increase Water Supply

To serious water worriers, the extreme drought situation in Cape Town South Africa has been a forecast of bad things to come in the overpopulated future. Regions with more people than their rainfall can support are at risk for water shortages, particularly when even alleged environmentalists like California Gov. Jerry Brown think additional millions of […]

Drought-Stricken Cape Town Limits Water to 13 Gallons Daily

Cape Town, South Africa, is on the brink of a drought disaster where the taps may literally run dry for a city of four million. Extreme conservation measures have pushed back the so-called “Day Zero” from March to perhaps a date later in the spring. The rainy season there starts in June, so hopes are […]

Californians Worry about a Drought Resurgence

About half of Wednesday’s San Jose Mercury-News was dedicated to a report about drought in South Africa. The main headline — The City That Ran Out of Water — gets attention in northern California where a brutal five-year drought was broken last year by a very wet winter when the rains finally came. Now several […]