Authorities in Cape Town are racing to complete a desalination plant on the Atlantic coast in a bid to ease the city's water crisis. <br /><br />Drone video captured on February 1 shows pipes that have been dragged out into the ocean in the first stage of the desalination process at Strandfontein Pavilion in False Bay. <br /><br />The purpose of the pipes is to suck water from the ocean in a bid to bring more drinking water into the system.<br /><br />According to local reports, there are currently seven desalination projects underway in Cape Town. <br /><br />The coastal South African city of about 4 million people is about to run out of fresh water. It has implemented new emergency water restrictions this Thursday (February 1). <br /><br />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 taps - will be April 16.<br /><br />+CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: MUTE FROM SOURCE+
