In South Africa, the worst drought in a century is raging, rivers, streams and lakes have dried up, and the water level in the reservoir has reached a critical level and then dropped further below the lower limit.
Cape Town is the second most populous city (after Johannesburg) in the Republic of South Africa. Located in the southwest of the country on the Atlantic coast, near the Cape of Good Hope.
In Cape Town, water prices have skyrocketed, and tariffs for the supply of water to residential buildings and apartments have grown exponentially. A resident is allowed to use no more than 50 liters of drinking water per day.
The authorities announced a critical date when there will be no water in the capital at all. Previously called April 12, 2018, but this deadline was postponed by dumping about 100 million cubic meters of fresh water into the Cape Town reservoir, opening the Steenbras Dam.
But even this seemingly huge amount of water will only last until June 4, 2018. After this date, there will be no water at all. Cape Town has 4 million inhabitants and is visited by 2 million tourists annually. When the water runs out, the authorities plan to create water distribution points in the city, about 200 points for the 4 million population of the city. These points will provide no more than 25 liters of water per person. These 25 liters, a person will have to stretch for one day until the next issue.
The authorities have already alerted police forces and army units to quell the likely unrest, riots and insurgencies that may follow from the city's residents after such extreme measures.