Save Water, Dam It! Capetonians Told to Scale Back Non-Essential Use

Save water, dam it! Capetonians told to scale back non-essential use

With Cape Town’s dams nearly a fifth emptier than last year and the city still using over a billion litres of water a day, officials are urging residents to cut back on unnecessary water use.

Cape Town sounds water warning as daily use exceeds summer limit

Cape Town residents are being urged to urgently rein in non-essential water use after daily consumption climbed well above the City’s summer target, raising concerns about long-term water security amid increasingly unpredictable rainfall patterns. The City of Cape Town has set a collective daily water-use target of below 975 million litres per day (MLD) for the summer season to reduce the risk posed by below-average or erratic rainfall expected …