![]() ![]() But in India, “Day Zero” has already arrived for over 100 million people, thanks to excessive groundwater pumping, an inefficient and wasteful water supply system and years of deficient rains. Fortunately, extreme water conservation efforts and the arrival of timely rains pushed “Day Zero” back indefinitely. In early 2018, a three-year drought pushed Cape Town, South Africa, within weeks of experiencing “Day Zero”-the day when the city would run out of water and the taps be shut off. Image credit: Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images. Widespread severe to exceptional drought gripped much of the state of Karnataka in southwest India in the summer of 2018, leading to at least $3.65 billion in losses, primarily to agriculture. Above: On June 6, 2018, residents use hoses to fill jerry cans with water from a distribution truck which arrives daily in the low-income eastern neighborhood of Sanjay camp in Delhi, India.
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