As of February 01, 2018 water restrictions are at level 6B meaning we need to use 50l or less of water per day per person. here’s an indication of what can be done with 50l per day.
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City secures bigger yield from aquifers but consumption still too high as Cape Town moves closer to Day Zero Read more here….
Preparing for Day Zero – 10 Crucial points from WWF South Africa We are having to come to terms with the concept of Day Zero: the day on which (unless we are inundated by sustained out-of-season, monsoon-heavy rains) we open our taps and nothing comes out. And when is Day…
CITY OF CAPE TOWN 18 JANUARY 2018 STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S EXECUTIVE MAYOR PATRICIA DE LILLE Day Zero now likely to happen – new emergency measures In summary: Day Zero is now likely 60% of Capetonians won’t save water and we must now force them Punitive tariff to force high…
A message from the city. Due to the drought crisis, so many Capetonians have restricted their water use to help save water. It has been a superb effort. It has however also resulted that the City is not receiving the necessary income we need to fund our projects to…
8 NOVEMBER 2017 STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S EXECUTIVE MAYOR, PATRICIA DE LILLE City commissions project to bring additional drinking water online from springs and Molteno Reservoir The first water from the Oranjezicht Main Springs Chamber started flowing into the Molteno Reservoir today, 8 November 2017. This is part of the City…
CITY OF CAPE TOWN 29 OCTOBER 2017 STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S EXECUTIVE MAYOR, PATRICIA DE LILLE Mayor De Lille visits desalination plant site at V&A Waterfront Today I visited the site of one of the City of Cape Town’s modular land-based desalination plants. The plant will produce 2 million litres…
Dear water user Notice of immediate implementation of water rationing across Cape Town The City of Cape Town has activated water rationing to forcibly lower water usage in line with water restrictions across the metro as phase 1 of its critical water shortages disaster plan. Water usage remains dangerously high…
4 OCTOBER 2017 STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S EXECUTIVE MAYOR, PATRICIA DE LILLE City is prepared to avoid acute water shortages Note to editors: the statement below was made by City of Cape Town Executive Mayor, Patricia de Lille, at a media briefing today, 4 October 2017. Due to the impacts of…