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Cape Town digs deep to mitigate drought [1]

In a bid to stave off Day Zero, the City of Cape Town is drilling its aquifers to abstract groundwater, which are expected to offer much needed water relief for the drought stricken city.

Publication Date: 
15/01/2018
SA News (South Africa) [2]
Tags:
Natural Disasters [3], Droughts [4], Water Supply [5], Groundwater [6], Drinking Water Scarcity [7], Africa [8], South Africa [9]
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