Countdown to Day Zero

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🗓️ 22 February 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Cape Town is just a few months away from being the first major city to shut off its taps in the history of the modern world. Day Zero - the day Capetonians in South Africa will need to line up at water distribution points for daily water rations - is currently scheduled for July 9th. Reporter Kristen van Schie tells Sean Rameswaram how the three-year drought is drastically changing life for millions of Capetonians. Plus three tips to ward off a water crisis in your own city from hydrologist Peter Gleick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.1	Okay, Luke Vanderpriv, today explain producer.
0:23.5	You asked me to wear my swim trunks.
0:25.1	I'm wearing them.
0:26.4	What the H.E. double hockey sticks are we doing?
0:28.4	We are seeing how far 13 gallons of water will get you.
0:33.4	Like a day.
0:34.7	Like a day.
0:35.7	And why are we doing this?
0:36.9	Because Cape Town is now down to 13 gallons per person of water per day.
0:42.3	So each person in Cape Town is limited to 13 gallons of water per day?
0:45.8	Yes.
0:46.8	But not 10 gallons, are they?
0:48.3	No, 50 liters, they're not crazy.
0:50.2	Okay.
0:51.2	Alright, what did you do first this morning?
0:52.7	I used the toilet.
0:54.6	Did you flush?
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