Briefly: International study reports high-income households over using water

The Washington Post reports that a new study examining drought stricken cities, including Cape Town, South Africa, has found that wealthy homeowners routinely overuse scarce water supplies by filling swimming pools, watering expansive gardens and tapping underground supplies when their tap water runs out.

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