Titlebook: Parched - The Cape Town Drought Story; Gisela Kaiser Book 2021 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to

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Setting the Scene,ransition to an inclusive democracy in 1994. Legislation is comprehensive, progressive, inclusive and world-class, but the ability to implement has been eroded over time at a pace accelerated by the constant change required to transform society. As a metropolitan municipality, the City of Cape Town

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Cape Town Water Supply,ctions were commonly implemented during periods of water scarcity, while supply requirements were met through the construction of new surface water reservoirs. Rapid demand growth was the result of technological advances such as water-borne sanitation and industrial expansion. Initially water supply

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A Tumultuous Start to 2017,by her office. The number of days of water storage that remained made headlines every day and this created sufficient panic to capture the public’s imagination. High-consumption customers were identified and received phone calls or personal visits to encourage responsible water use. As dam levels dr

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Science Prevails,rought had evolved into three distinct streams, capturing the importance of both demand and supply: firstly, managing the system dam storage and abstraction; secondly, managing urban demand, and finally, accelerating augmentation. Demand was managed through a variety of interventions implemented in

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Lessons We Learned,ncapsulating necessary changes into both structure and policy, and, most importantly, through the development and adoption of a holistic water strategy. We acknowledge our continued reliance on rainfed dams, while we diversify water supply sources and increase assurance of supply. Amplified in times