Water: Why the taps run dry
PARIS: The world has abundant freshwater but it is unevenly distributed and under increasing pressure, UN agencies say, as highlighted by the severe shortages in Cape Town.
South Africa has recently declared a “national disaster” over a drought that has ravaged parts of the country and threatened to leave the city without domestic tap water.
Water, water ‘everywhere’
More than 97 percent of the planet’s water is salty, most of it in the oceans and seas, but there is also a good supply of freshwater.
Every year around…