Right now, your body’s water percentage is probably higher than that of South Africa’s, but that doesn’t mean you should skint on your H2O consumption all in the name of solidarity.

In fact, in a few years, you might not be able to open the tap and gulp your morning staple (which it should be. 2l in fact). That is, of course, unless the Western Cape becomes its own republic and we don’t share our resources with anyone.

Kidding.

We’ll give you what you deserve.

Which won’t be anything if you run the country into the ground and take us with you.

Anyways. Back to the point. All thanks to the delightful El Nino there’s a heatwave lapping the last remains of SA’s water from our reaches and causing not only our cattle and farmers, but also our bodies, to run a bit dry.

But how do you know you’re dehydrated and what can you do about it? First off, take the test:

If you feel like that’s not adequate enough – like what does it mean for skin to ‘spring back’ after pinching it – then there are other signs that your body won’t qualify as an oasis in the desert of human bodies. First identifier? Thirst:

Gosh, now that you’ve experienced that Eurika! moment confirming your dehydration, what should you do?

Drink water, obviously.

There are also a few other handy tricks – or common sense logics – to adopt. Check them out here.

[source: designtaxi]