Countdown to Day Zero

Today, Explained

• Episode: Countdown to Day Zero
• Website: Today, Explained
• Feed URL: https://rss.art19.com/today-explained
• Duration: 00:20:14
• Published: 2018-02-22 21:57

Cape Town is just a few months away from being the first major city to shut off its taps in the history of the modern world. Day Zero - the day Capetonians in South Africa will need to line up at water distribution points for daily water rations - is currently scheduled for July 9th. Reporter Kristen van Schie tells Sean Rameswaram how the three-year drought is drastically changing life for millions of Capetonians. Plus three tips to ward off a water crisis in your own city from hydrologist Peter Gleick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices