Water Crisis

[Toroid]

It's predicted that Cape Town, South Africa will run out of water this year. The city has a population of 3.75 million people and will become the first city in the world to run out of water.
The Big Wobble: "Day Zero" April 29, 2018 is the day Cape Town population 3.75 million becomes the first major city in the world to run out of drinking water!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=prig91JUlCE

Published on Mar 11, 2017

 

[3FEL9]

I was gonna say " But they cant survive that ! " Then I remembered those millions of PET bottles produced each day..

Its just a question of $". If your poor = No water 4 U = Game over.

 

[Toroid]

It takes years to build a desalination plant.
Desalination - Wikipedia

As of June 2012, the cost for the desalinated water had risen to $2,329 per acre-foot. Each $1,000 per acre-foot works out to $3.06 for 1,000 gallons, or $.81 per cubic meter. Poseidon Resources made an unsuccessful attempt to construct a desalination plant in Tampa Bay, FL, in 2001.

 

[3FEL9]

It takes years to build a desalination plant.
Desalination - Wikipedia

At sea I operated 3 evaporators onboard that produced 24 liters per sec at max output. Thats 24×3×3600 = 259'200 litrs every hour.
Rougly 260 tonnes of pottable water..

I think a portable solution could be put in place in a matter of weeks.

 

[Toroid]

Maybe they'll use Cape Town to test new water producing technologies.

 

[michael59]

Maybe they'll use Cape Town to test new water producing technologies.

I hope so. No water means no life.

Other places have gone dry and have not been helped though. So, I wouldn't count on it.

I think 3FEL9 is right. No money = not enough help to solve the crisis.

 

[Toroid]

With no water they'll have no migrate.

 

[August]

Looks like they have a very serious problem.

 

[CasualBystander]

It's predicted that Cape Town, South Africa will run out of water this year. The city has a population of 3.75 million people and will become the first city in the world to run out of water.
The Big Wobble: "Day Zero" April 29, 2018 is the day Cape Town population 3.75 million becomes the first major city in the world to run out of drinking water!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=prig91JUlCE

Drive the excess into the ocean like lemmings.

If you reduce the population by 1/3 they will have plenty of water.

Other less efficient options include better water management, including a sewage treatment upgrade to go "closed cycle", and installing a nuclear powered desalination plant.

 

[3FEL9]

Drive the excess into the ocean like lemmings.

If you reduce the population by 1/3 they will have plenty of water.

Other less efficient options include better water management, including a sewage treatment upgrade to go "closed cycle", and installing a nuclear powered desalination plant.

I dare to say it would be cheaper to import water from a lake up north, and transport it down in a oceangoing tanker, until the drought is over.

 

[Castle-Yankee54]

At sea I operated 3 evaporators onboard that produced 24 liters per sec at max output. Thats 24×3×3600 = 259'200 litrs every hour.
Rougly 260 tonnes of pottable water..

I think a portable solution could be put in place in a matter of weeks.

were you on one of the US Carriers?

 

[Castle-Yankee54]

I'd say water restrictions will help the drought that began in 2015......bear in mind its already a dry climate.

 

[3FEL9]

were you on one of the US Carriers?

No I was on the Superstar Virgo in Singapore

 

[Castle-Yankee54]

No I was on the Superstar Virgo in Singapore

I knew it was something big anyway.........just smaller than I thought.

 

[August]

Send all the South Africans to countries who have plenty of water.

 

[Toroid]

Send all the South Africans to countries who have plenty of water.

The Top 5 Countries with the Most Fresh Water

 

[Castle-Yankee54]

The Top 5 Countries with the Most Fresh Water

Maybe they can get some water from Western Egypt.

 

[CasualBystander]

Send all the South Africans to countries who have plenty of water.

We already did our share, we took in Charlize Theron, and feel lucky we got her.

 

[CasualBystander]

Tell Santa Barbara that there is a water shortage.

 

[August]

Tell Santa Barbara that there is a water shortage.

Who is she ?