Building water resilience: City releases Request for Information to industry on possible temporary water solutions
18 June 2017
Cape Town in the midst of a major shock, our worst drought in 100 years.
At the May Council meeting, the City of Cape Town’s Council resolved to take a new water resilience approach to water management in the city.
Being resilient in an urban environment means that we have the capacity as individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a city to survive, adapt and grow no matter what kind of acute stresses and shocks we experience.
In this regard, Council supported the creation of a Water Resilience Task Team under the leadership of the Chief Resilience Officer, which has set about augmenting the City’s response to drought, ensuring that acute water shortages are avoided, and transforming Cape Town’s water landscape into one that ultimately relies less on surface water.