1.由“Cape Town (开普敦), the second largest city in South Africa, is home to 4 million people.”可知答案。 2.由“However, it may also be the first major city in the world to run out of water.”和“But in the last three years, the city has faced the worst drought (干旱) in ...
In 2017, officials in Cape Town, South Africa, designated the term "Day Zero" to demark an exact time when the city's taps would be switched off due to critically low reservoir levels. Beyond Day Zero, residents would need to converge at communal water collection points to access a 25-L...
1Cape Town, the second-largest city in South Africa, is home to 4 million people. However, it may also be the first major city in the world to run out of water.The city's water mainly comes from six reservoirs(水库). They hold about 870, 000 cubic meters(立方米) of water. But in...
CAPE TOWN, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Cape Town has managed to steer itself away from disaster known as Day Zero, when the city runs out of water, executive deputy mayor Alderman Ian Neilson said on Monday. Giving the latest update on rainfall the city has received in the past...
In early 2018, Cape Town (population ~3.7 million) was at risk of being one of the first major metropolitan areas in the world to run out of water. This was due to a severe multi-year drought that led to the levels of supply dams falling to an unprecedented low. Here we analyze ...
Cape Town(开普敦),the second largest city inSouth Africa, is home to 4 million people. However,it may also be the first major city in the world to runout of water.The city's water mainly comes from six reservoirs(水库). They hold about 870,000 cubic metres(立方米) of water. But in...
Cape Town, South Africa's legislative capital and the oldest city with more than 3.7 million residents, in 2018 faced a difficult situation that it could be the first city in the world to run out of water after a three-year drought led to low capacity of dams that supply the city. ...
Cape Town, the second largest city in South Africa, is experiencing its worst water shortage in more than a hundred years. The use of water in the city has dropped to below 550 million liters per day. Two years ago, it was more than a billion liters. Car washing and filling up ...
A growing number of cities in the world are facing serious challenges in providing adequate fresh water to their residents. Many large cities experience water scarcity all year round. However, Cape Town, South Africa, might soon become the first major city in the world to run out of water. ...
JOHANNESBURG — Authorities in South Africa say “Day Zero,” the date when Cape Town would have to turn off most water taps because of a drought, might not happen at …