Anthony Turton has for years warned about South Africa’s water crisis, and very little has been done in response. Now he is being proven correct. See this report on a recent talk he did. I am really struck by the statement that in the water sector there is no equivalent of a ‘black out’. Whereas a ‘blackout’ is how we manage and protect the grid that cannot meet demand, in the absence of a similar mechanism in the water sector the result is system breakdown. Read this article on Polity: http://m.polity.org.za/article/acid-mine-water-quick-fix-possible-as-water-deficit-looms-oppenheimer-de-beers-told-2016-10-19
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