Africa running out of water as cities see climate change, population boom

Cities and towns in several other African nations including Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Ivory Coast have been plagued by similar water shortages in recent months

International News: As water supplies in Ghana's capital developed progressively whimsical, Beatrice Kabuki prevented clients from utilizing her supermarket's restrooms and introduced a plastic stockpiling tank at her home.
"The taps stream once every week and more often than not during the evening, so we remain wakeful to bring what we can store," Kabuki, 35, said in a meeting in Accra. "We for the most part enlarge by purchasing water from tankers."
Urban communities and towns in a few other African countries including Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Ivory Coast have been tormented by comparative water deficiencies as of late, signs of a worldwide supply press expedited by dry spell, populace development, urbanization and lacking interest in dams and other foundation.
Water use has ascended around 1 percent a year since the 1980s and in excess of 2 billion individuals presently live in nations encountering high water pressure, the United Nations said in its World Water Development Report discharged in Geneva on Tuesday. It anticipates request will develop as much as 30 percent by 2050.Read More

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