Water gushes from one of Cape Town's first boreholes, part of an effort to stave off the city's acute water crisis. <br /><br />Authorities have begun drilling to extract underground water in a last-ditch attempt to find a solution to the water crisis. <br /><br />Officials are still testing the system, as they only launched the first drilling on January 11. <br /><br />This video, filmed on February 1, shows workmen drilling at the Cape Flats aquifer in Strandfontein. According to filmer Adam Spires, this borehole produces water at a rate of 50 litres per second/4.32 million litres per day.<br /><br />According to local reports, the city is hoping to get an extra 80 million litres of water per day.<br /><br />The coastal South African city of about 4 million people is about to run out of fresh water. On February 1, authorities implemented new emergency water restrictions this Thursday: residents can now only use 50 litres of municipal water per day.<br /><br />Following three years of persistent drought, the government says that Day Zero - when it will be forced to turn off most tabs - will be April 16.<br /><br />DOWNLOAD DRONE VIDEO OF THE CAPE FLATS AQUIFER IN STRANDFONTEIN HERE:<br />https://www.newsflare.com/video/180612/conflict-disaster/to-combat-drought-cape-town-drills-down
