South Africa’s water crisis

Anthony Turton has for years warned about South Africa’s water crisis, and very little has been done in response. Now he is being proven correct. See this report on a recent talk he did. I am really struck by the statement that in the water sector there is no equivalent of a ‘black out’. Whereas a ‘blackout’ is how we manage and protect the grid that cannot meet demand, in the absence of a similar mechanism in the water sector the result is system breakdown. Read this article on Polity: http://m.polity.org.za/article/acid-mine-water-quick-fix-possible-as-water-deficit-looms-oppenheimer-de-beers-told-2016-10-19