Meissner, RichardJacobs-Mata, Inga MMurambadoro, Miriam D2019-02-132019-02-132018-05Meissner, R., Jacobs-Mata, I.M. and Murambadoro, M.D. 2018. Busting myths around urban household water use in South Africa. Water Wheel, vol. 17(3): 41-430258-2244https://journals.co.za/content/journal/10520/EJC-f09c8b29ahttp://www.wrc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/WW_May-June2018_web.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/10696Open access article published in Water Wheel, vol. 17(3): 41-43Human behaviour is one of the main forces in the utilisation of natural resources. Nowhere has the way people use water been more illustrative than in the current drought-ravaged Cape Town where calls for more prudent water behaviour has led to the avoidance of the dreaded ‘Day Zero’, a scenario where the water network would be turned off to 75% of the City and residents would have to collect water from distribution points. This article explores some myths and how these could constitute human behaviour around household water use.enUrban household water useCape TownArticleMeissner, R., Jacobs-Mata, I. M., & Murambadoro, M. D. (2018). Busting myths around urban household water use in South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10696Meissner, Richard, Inga M Jacobs-Mata, and Miriam D Murambadoro "Busting myths around urban household water use in South Africa." (2018) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10696Meissner R, Jacobs-Mata IM, Murambadoro MD. Busting myths around urban household water use in South Africa. 2018; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10696.TY - Article AU - Meissner, Richard AU - Jacobs-Mata, Inga M AU - Murambadoro, Miriam D AB - Human behaviour is one of the main forces in the utilisation of natural resources. Nowhere has the way people use water been more illustrative than in the current drought-ravaged Cape Town where calls for more prudent water behaviour has led to the avoidance of the dreaded ‘Day Zero’, a scenario where the water network would be turned off to 75% of the City and residents would have to collect water from distribution points. This article explores some myths and how these could constitute human behaviour around household water use. DA - 2018-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Urban household water use KW - Cape Town LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2018 SM - 0258-2244 T1 - Busting myths around urban household water use in South Africa TI - Busting myths around urban household water use in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10696 ER -