Cape Town’s $248 Million Water Plan as Drought Continues
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The South African city of Cape Town will spend 3.3 billion rand ($249 million) to increase water supply and will tighten usage restrictions as the region continues to suffer through a drought, the Times reported.
Cape Town will put 2 billion rand toward emergency measures to raise supply and a further 1.3 billion rand over the next two years on groundwater extraction and desalination plants, the Johannesburg-based newspaper reported, citing Mayor Patricia de Lille.