Due to severe drought, Cape Town, South Africa is imposing extreme conservation measures on it’s 4 million residents in order to avoid having it’s water system turned off.
After three years of extremely low rainfall, Capetonians will be allowed no more than 23 gallons per household (equivalent to about a 10-minute shower). This extreme measure is necessary to avoid reaching Day Zero – the day when the city’s six main reservoirs will run dry.