Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ water crisis, one year later How Cape Town averted their water crisis could serve as a model for future impending urban droughts. But they're not out of the woods yet.

Cape Town, South Africa, averted the "Day Zero" water crisis that made headlines earlier this year, but is the close call enough to change the city's water consumption habits?

Cape Town’s “Day Zero” - the day the city’s taps are expected to run dry - has been pushed back from April 16 to May 11 due to a drop in agricultural water use.

Authorities in Cape Town say they've averted a crisis as the threat of Day Zero has been zeroed out by stringent limits on water use as well seasonal rainfall. The city will not run dry this year ...

In 2018, Cape Town came dangerously close to becoming the first major city in the world to run out of water—a moment ominously dubbed "Day Zero." For weeks, residents lined up at distribution ...

Cape Town has pushed back “Day Zero” — the date when it might have to turn off most taps because of a long drought — by nearly a month to May 11.

Cape Town officials pushed back their projections for "Day Zero" -- the day the South African city's taps are expected to run dry -- from April 16 to May 11, citing a decline in agricultural water ...

Cape Town’s “Day Zero” - the day the city’s taps are expected to run dry - has been pushed back from April 16 to May 11 due to a drop in agricultural water use.