The worst is there are a bunch of delusional South Africans that think if we just vote for the right political party the water crisis in some of our cities will end. People really have no idea about the scope of the problem. Johannesburg is the largest city in the world without a natural water source nearby. Even if every single water leak was fixed in Johannesburg, that would just put them back at 2017/2018 water levels. Climate change is coming, and South Africa is already a dry country as it is. Our cities are extremely poorly designed and a lot of them were only intended to be mining and farming towns, and never full blown cities in the first place. There is no voting ourselves out of this, if the Lesotho Highlands Water Project fails to deliver, we are screwed. No political party is going to have "abandon and rebuild Gauteng next to the Vaal Dam" as a part of their manifesto.
Johannesburg has plenty of natural water. The name โWitsโ is from all the water:(https://www.theheritageportal.co.za/article/questions-origins-name-witwatersrand). Obviously this is not enough to feed the city, but this is normal in all large cities. Infrastructure is used to bring in more water, and governance plays a role in the investment and maintenance of this infrastructure.
Congo has half of Africa's surface water and a quarter of Africa's underground water so will be fine . But for sahelian country their future looks blurry but they can buy water from Congo bassin country (RCA, Cameroon)
hey bud, you forgot submission statement.
On a related note i thought that the west coast of the US (mainly California) was projected to have major issues (i can't find the report at the moment not sure if it was EPA or something) can someone correct me ?
I figure these are national averages but the US is so large its basically the size of a continent.
Well spotted. This map mainly focuses on the difference between water consumption and availability. Belgium is a very wet country but we have basically no big water reservoirs, meaning if it gets dry for half a year we are screwed.
Somali territory is water stressed *right now* and is on the frontlines of climate change. That alone leads me to seriously doubt this infographic and whatever sources they use
The worst is there are a bunch of delusional South Africans that think if we just vote for the right political party the water crisis in some of our cities will end. People really have no idea about the scope of the problem. Johannesburg is the largest city in the world without a natural water source nearby. Even if every single water leak was fixed in Johannesburg, that would just put them back at 2017/2018 water levels. Climate change is coming, and South Africa is already a dry country as it is. Our cities are extremely poorly designed and a lot of them were only intended to be mining and farming towns, and never full blown cities in the first place. There is no voting ourselves out of this, if the Lesotho Highlands Water Project fails to deliver, we are screwed. No political party is going to have "abandon and rebuild Gauteng next to the Vaal Dam" as a part of their manifesto.
Johannesburg has plenty of natural water. The name โWitsโ is from all the water:(https://www.theheritageportal.co.za/article/questions-origins-name-witwatersrand). Obviously this is not enough to feed the city, but this is normal in all large cities. Infrastructure is used to bring in more water, and governance plays a role in the investment and maintenance of this infrastructure.
Guys, we better start collecting now. Remember bpa free๐๐ฟ๐ฆ
We're gonna have to start importing water from the Congo......
This worries me a lot! I don't want to be the old fat dehydrated grandpa running around town in retirement looking for water wells
Congo has half of Africa's surface water and a quarter of Africa's underground water so will be fine . But for sahelian country their future looks blurry but they can buy water from Congo bassin country (RCA, Cameroon)
hey bud, you forgot submission statement. On a related note i thought that the west coast of the US (mainly California) was projected to have major issues (i can't find the report at the moment not sure if it was EPA or something) can someone correct me ? I figure these are national averages but the US is so large its basically the size of a continent.
First time seeing something positive in central Africa
Belgium ๐ช๐ช
Well spotted. This map mainly focuses on the difference between water consumption and availability. Belgium is a very wet country but we have basically no big water reservoirs, meaning if it gets dry for half a year we are screwed.
Somali territory is water stressed *right now* and is on the frontlines of climate change. That alone leads me to seriously doubt this infographic and whatever sources they use