{"id":58252,"date":"2017-07-11T15:48:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/drought-crisis-recent-rain-has-made-little-difference-in-dam-levels-20170711\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T18:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:22:35","slug":"drought-crisis-recent-rain-has-made-little-difference-in-dam-levels-20170711","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/drought-crisis-recent-rain-has-made-little-difference-in-dam-levels-20170711\/","title":{"rendered":"Drought crisis: recent rain has made little difference in dam levels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dam storage levels are at 25.4% but usable water is only at approximately 15.4% which is very low for this time of the year. Collective water usage is 619 million litres per day. This is 119 million litres above the new target of 500 million litres of collective water usage under Level 4b water restrictions, said Mayoral Committee Member for Informal Settlements, Water and Waste Services and Energy, Councillor Xanthea Limberg in a press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water users must take note that over the past month, since 6 June 2017 when dam storage levels were at 19.4%, our dam storage levels have only increased by 6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limberg said the City requires all water users to use less than 87 litres of water per person per day in total, irrespective of whether they are at home, work or elsewhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe encourage friends, neighbours, families and colleagues to join efforts and to see how they can brainstorm new ways of saving water to bring water usage down even further to below 87 litres of water in total per person per day, wherever they are. Peer-monitoring could also be a good way to keep motivation levels high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur plans of potentially partnering with the private sector to create a short-term emergency water supply using desalination, storm-water capture or aquifer extraction are also progressing. Today is the closing date for responses in terms of the Request for Information to the private sector which we issued to see how partnerships can help us with our short-term emergency supply schemes. All submissions will be analysed from this week onwards. More information on the submissions received and the future processes will be made available at the appropriate time,\u201d said Limberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is part of the City\u2019s ongoing proactive drought management interventions, along with increasing the large-scale pressure reduction programmes across Cape Town to force down consumption. Other emergency and high-user interventions are under way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For information on how to adhere to the less than 87-litre usage requirement, residents should visit the water restrictions page on the City\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents can contact the City via email to water@capetown.gov.za for queries or to report contraventions of the water restrictions (evidence should be provided to assist the City\u2019s enforcement efforts), or they can send an SMS to 31373.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that water supplied by the City remains safe to drink and is tested in accordance with the most rigorous safety standards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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