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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Cape Town on track to run out of water in April

    A ban on car washing, two minute showers, flushing a toilet only when absolutely necessary -- those are extreme water conservation measures people in Cape Town have to follow. The South African city is on track to run out of water in about 90 days.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 22, 2018 • 1 min read

    A ban on car washing, two minute showers, flushing a toilet only when absolutely necessary -- those are extreme water conservation measures people in Cape Town have to follow. The South African city is on track to run out of water in about 90 days.

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    5 of 5
    What can LA learn from Cape Town's water crisis?
    1. 0:00Government shutdown ends for now, but what's next for DACA?
    2. 11:27How did Stephen Miller become the center of the fight over immigration?
    3. 18:34Trump makes it easier for states to defund Planned Parenthood
    4. 27:11The history of the anti-government protests in eastern Oregon
    5. 38:00Cape Town on track to run out of water in AprilYou’re reading this
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