The Western Cape is experiencing a significant increase in dam levels. The province is basking in the aftermath of a wet and rainy season. Currently, the average dam level in the Western Cape is sitting at 90%. This has brought a sense of relief and optimism to residents and authorities alike. The Theewaterskloof dam, the largest in the region, has reached full capacity at a remarkable one hundred percent. This has resulted […]
With dam levels on the up due to the copious amounts of rainfall Cape Town has experienced over the last two weeks, residents around the metro have wondered how water tariffs will be affected. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast show on Wednesday morning, Mayco member for Water and Sanitation, Xanthea Limberg said a determination of tariff costs can be expected at the end of the hydrological cycle in October. Furthermore, Limberg […]
Water levels at dams supplying the Cape Town metropolitan area increased by 0.6 percent during the week to June 21 to 58.8 percent of total capacity, the city council said on Tuesday. In its latest update, it said water consumption for the same period was up 15 million litres per day from the previous week at 665 million litres daily. "It is encouraging to see dam levels continue the upward […]
Amidst what is labelled as the worst drought in Cape Town in 100 years, a city official told delegates at the African Utility Week conference there was no way they could reasonably have anticipated the severity of this drought. Cape Town residents are now bracing themselves for level 4 restrictions. Gisela Kaiser, a city official who addressed delegates on Tuesday said despite water restrictions they are now essentially “waiting on […]
Authorities have issued a critical warning to water consumers in Cape Town – start saving water or we could have empty taps soon. On Monday, the City of Cape Town warned all residents and businesses to cut non-essential municipal water use immediately. The City’s Mayoral Committee is expected to recommend to Council the implementation of Level 4 water restrictions tomorrow. This would entail a ban on all use of municipal […]
The City of Cape Town has once again appealed to residents and business to save water, as dam levels across the Western Cape have dropped to 36% on average. Mayoral Committee Member for Water in the City of Cape Town, Xanthea Limberg, says with the last 10% of a dam's water not being useable, levels are effectively at 26%. She says the City is engaging with the top 20 000 […]
Average dam levels across the country have increased slightly and are up 0.6 percentage points compared to last year, the Department of Water and Sanitation said on Wednesday. The dam levels had risen to 55.56%, compared to 54.9% at the same time last year, spokesperson Mlimandlela Ndamase said. There was still a very long road to recovery and South Africans faced the possibility of a difficult winter. Average dam levels in […]
The City of Cape Town said in a statement on Monday that the amount of water it has access to is less than the dam levels reported because of the difficulty in extracting the last 10% of water in dams. "With the last 10% of a dam's water being unusable, city supply dam levels could be seen as effectively around 29.2%," the city said in a statement. Dam levels dropped […]
Capetonians can brace themselves for even tougher water restrictions from next month. The City of Cape Town’s Council today approved the implementation of Level 3b restrictions water restrictions from 1 February 2017. Among others, the use of potable water for non-essential use will be further restricted. The Democratic Alliance and smaller parties voted in favour of these much-needed new restrictions, but the ANC did not support the resolution. The restrictions […]
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