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Understanding Cape Town's Water Crisis

Civil Engineering June 2017

6 Pages Posted: 5 Jul 2017

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Mike Muller

University of the Witwatersrand - School of Governance

Date Written: june 2017

Abstract

The water crisis that has confronted Cape Town this summer should be of concern to all professional engineers in the field of water management. How was such a critical situation allowed to develop in one of South Africa’s largest cities? What can we learn from this process?

Keywords: water supply, water resource management, water planning, drought, climate, urban management, south africa

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Muller, Arnold Michael, Understanding Cape Town's Water Crisis (june 2017). Civil Engineering June 2017, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2995937

Arnold Michael Muller (Contact Author)

University of the Witwatersrand - School of Governance ( email )

1 Jan Smuts Avenue
GA 2000
South Africa

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