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Wealthy elites with huge swimming pools and well-kept lawns are leaving underprivileged people in cities throughout the world without basic access to water. According to a new study, societal inequalities drive urban water issues more than environmental factors like climate change or urban population increase.

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Rich elites with large swimming pools and well-maintained lawns are leaving poorer communities without basic access to water in cities across the world....

Tanzania's Dar es Salaam, Berbera in Somaliland and Maputo in Mozambique are key competitors.

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says plans are in place for the imminent impact of Tropical Cyclone Eloise.

The consumption of water for swimming pools, gardens and washing cars is leaving others without basic means in at least 80 cities worldwide.

Urban elites over-consume water for their own personal leisure, at the expense of underprivileged people.

The journey from Joburg to Mpumulanga’s Panorama Route is a visual feast, particularly as the road dips down from the Highveld to the Lowveld, tracing the northern Drakensberg escarpment. Thanks to all the padstals along the way, you can linger longer and feed your tummy too.  

The consumption of water for swimming pools, gardens and washing cars is leaving others without basic means in at least 80 cities worldwide.