​Water consumption for the same period decreased slightly, to 767 million litres per day. Consumption the previous week was at 771 million litres per day.

The rate at which dam levels are dropping is partly due to hot and windy conditions which speed up the rate of evaporation.

As the city is still considered to be in a drought recovery phase, level one water restrictions are being maintained in order to protect current reserves.

‘Rainfall data reflects that we are now in the fifth year of the drought, and as such, despite much improved dam levels, level 1 restrictions are being maintained for the 2019/20 hydrological year,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Waste, Alderman Xanthea Limberg.

Please visit www.capetown.gov.za/thinkwater for information relating to current water restrictions, guidelines around alternative water sources such as boreholes and rainwater tanks, tariff information, and other useful tools for enabling a water-wise city. 

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