Regina Barber

Rachel, I think the first time I heard about Day Zero was in 2018 for Cape Town's water crisis.

Wow, she was there when all of this was going down.

Wow.

Yeah.

So, like, even kids are taking personal responsibility.

I want to break this down, though.

Like, how does a city like Cape Town get to this point?

Yeah, and I know we're going to get into like one of those factors, aquifers, that's tomorrow's episode.

But Rachel, maybe for today, can we just zoom into that bad infrastructure part?

Okay, so for some people, day zero has been here for years already.

Wow.

So even the restrictions weren't necessarily equitable either.

So what did end up happening in Cape Town in 2018?

Okay, so he's saying the situation isn't temporary.

So we need to completely change our approach to water.

Rachel, thank you so much for bringing us this reporting.

Yeah, thank you, Gina.

If you liked this episode, tune in tomorrow.

We've got another water story for you, this time on aquifers, the water beneath your feet.

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