They are calling it "Day Zero" - the day that Capetown, South Africa will run out of water. That day will happen in less than 3 months.  The water conservation efforts of the city's population has been spotty at best. Apparently the dire nature of the crisis has not set in. This has forced the city to plan on instituting draconian measures to stretch the water supply beyond early April. CNN: So how did this happen? How does a major city in the developed world just run dry? It's been a slow-motion crisis, exacerbated by three factors conspiring together: The worst drought in over a century, which has pushed Cape Town's water scarcity into a potentially deadly horizon Its population, which is 4 million and growing quickly A rapidly changing climate Even with the predicament they find themselves in, residents haven't dropped their water use significantly, said Patricia De Lille, Cape Town's mayor. The city...(Read Full Post)