新加坡—大约十年前，在由时任南非水和环境部长林迪威·亨德里克斯（Lindiwe Hendricks）所召集的南非市长会议上，我们预言，除非水管理实践能够实现巨大进步，否则不出15年南非主要城市就会爆发前所未有的水危机。
SINGAPORE – About a decade ago, at a meeting of South African mayors convened by Lindiwe Hendricks, South Africa’s then-minister of water and environmental affairs, we predicted that an unprecedented water crisis would hit one of the country’s main cities within 15 years, unless water-management practices were improved significantly.