South Africa: Cape Town's Map of Water Usage Has Residents Seeing Red

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The latest weapon in Cape Town's water saving arsenal is a map that exposes private meter readings to public scrutiny. The initiative has been launched as the South African city enters the third year of its worst drought on record. Unless residents can cut their daily water use to 87 litres per person, city authorities estimate that the taps will run dry on 21 April 2018.

The "City Water Map" has just been launched in an attempt to make a dent in the 200 000 homes going over the limit of 10 500 litres per month. That's 87 litres per person per day for a family of four, a limit that was imposed at the beginning of the year as part of the city's level six water restrictions.

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