Cape Town Nearly Became the First Major City to Run Out of Water. The Next 'Day Zero' Could Now Happen Anywhere

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www.zmescience.comSeptember 21, 2026Submitted September 23, 2026

Cape Town residents queue to collect drinking water from a mountain spring collection point last month. Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA When Doctor Anthony Turton, a South African-born water scientist and leading...

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