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    How Cape Town found water savings California never dreamed of

    by Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times Apr 10, 2018 5 minutes

    CAPE TOWN, South Africa - A six-car municipal police convoy skidded to a halt outside a Cape Town house, and police leaped from their cars at the offending sight: a trickle of hose water splashing onto a squat red flower.

    Resident Mohammed Adhikari looked bemused and a little sheepish as police surged into his house, slapped him with an $87 fine and delivered a lecture. Watering yards with bore water is limited to one hour Tuesdays and Saturdays - and totally banned with tap water. This was a Monday.

    Adhikari regarded the new lawn and garden he had just laid. He was unaware of the time limits, he said, adding that he relies mainly on his own well and buys 1.3-gallon water bottles for drinking. "I don't think people are abusing it. Really, I don't," Adhikari said of water. He's mostly right.

    Earlier this year,

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