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How severe is Cape Town's “Day Zero” drought?
Author(s) -
Wolski Piotr
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2018.01127.x
Subject(s) - cape , context (archaeology) , bracing , geography , engineering , archaeology , brace , mechanical engineering
With reservoirs running dry, Capetonians are bracing themselves for the day when their water supply may be switched off. Piotr Wolski delves into the rainfall record to put this drought into historical context