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Your taps could run dry soon and you have the rich to blame. Shedding a light on social inequalities, a recent study highlighted that while the poor use the majority of their water for basic needs like drinking, washing, and cooking, the rich use excessive water for personal pleasure – filling up swimming pools, watering gardens
Wealthy households use more than half the city’s water, say authors of article published in leading scientific journal
As the world’s water supply becomes more threatened, the wealthiest people are exacerbating the crisis through non-essential uses while the poor are the first to lose access to water.
Cape Town’s elite and upper-middle classes, who make up fewer than 15% of households, account for 51.4% of all water consumption in the city.
The wealthy are driving water crises in cities across the world, new research shows.