A+City+Running+Out+of+Water

=A City Running out of Water? = 1/12/2018 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42626790 **Summary** In Cape Town, South Africa the water supply is projected to run out sometime in March. Very low rainfall over the past few years along with a rapidly growing population has starved the city of water even forcing cricket teams to limit their water usage. The city has also band things like car washes and pools in a hope to save water but it has overall been a very hard and difficult process. One of the other reasons water might be an issue is the problem of leakage in pipes which accounts for 80% of water is lost in developing countries and even 50% here in the United States. The UN stated that the millions of people suffering from starvation which has become more and more common as drought occurrences have recorded. **How this Article relates to the Course** This relates to the ideas of overall water and resource management. Water shortages are usually attributed to dry climate, drought, desiccation, and water stress (Miller 315). In Cape Town there has been an obvious decrease in water amounts seen in reservoirs because of infrequent rainstorms and drought which is seen in the book. In the end the lack of water all stems back to a lack of precipitation as that is the only real surefire way to get water (Miller 317). When we see a relatively modern city like Cape Town it becomes a wow moment. **My Opinion** I think that this serves as a very important lesson for the future of countries and cities. California goes through similar things from which they can learn from South Africa to help combat the water problem. I think that there may have been too much overconfidence. For all the civil engineers around the world, just work as hard as you can **Environmental Law** The law similar to this is like the solution to this situation. The Soil and Water Act of 1977 helped us understand how to do things so I think that having something similar being hard core contributed now.

