Water restrictions and tariffs to be lowered next week
Summary
- Dam levels have improved significantly by 4% since last week, rising to 74% of storage capacity compared to 37,5% for the same time last year
- The average water consumption for the past week increased slightly from 505 million litres per day to 511 million litres per day
- Water restrictions and tariffs will be lowered from Level 6 to Level 5 from 1 October 2018 as an interim measure until the National Department of Water and Sanitation makes a decision on water restriction levels for the coming summer period
The slight lowering of restrictions and the associated tariff from next week, 1 October 2018, is possible because of the record-breaking conservation efforts of water users, the good rainfall over the past months which has helped the dams supplying Cape Town to recover significantly, and the continued roll-out of cutting-edge pressure management interventions by the City.