Water Crisis

Toroid

Toroid

Founding Member
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
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3FEL9

3FEL9

Islander
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

Toroid

Founding Member
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.
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michael59

michael59

Celestial
Toroid said:
Maybe they'll use Cape Town to test new water producing technologies.
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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.
 
CasualBystander

CasualBystander

Celestial
Toroid said:
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

Cape-Town-South-Africa-Map.png
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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

3FEL9

Islander
CasualBystander said:
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.
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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

Castle-Yankee54

Celestial
3FEL9 said:
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.
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were you on one of the US Carriers?
 
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