Level 6b water restrictions
Dams feeding Cape Town just under 70% full
Dams feeding Cape Town have improved by 3.2 percentage points over the last week to 69.1%.
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National Water Dept clarifies stance on CT water restrictions
The City of Cape Town is to lower level 6B water restrictions to level 5 from next month.
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City of CT to relax water restrictions, water tariffs to decrease
With dams feeding the city at 68% capacity, the City of Cape Town believes it's safe to ease water curbs.
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'This drought is far from over'
The Western Cape's dam levels have inched upwards following recent rain.
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Water usage in drought-stricken Cape Town spikes
In a statement, Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson said they would monitor water consumption.
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WC residents urged to save water despite recent rains
Despite this, Environmental Affairs MEC Anton Bredell has reiterated a call on citizens to continue saving water. The average dam level stands at 16.6%, up from 15.8% last week.
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Fines worth over R600k issued for CT water restriction violations
Violations include residents selling water without permission and washing vehicles with municipal drinking water.
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Water pressure reduction helping to save water, says CT deputy mayor
The City of Cape Town says that its managing to save 50 million litres of water per day through its pressure management programme.
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[OPINION] What’s driving CT's water insecurity, and what can be done about it
Kevin Winter says early warning signs of a pending drought in 2017 were not clear or loud enough to prompt timely actions.
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CT health professionals to provide guidelines on use of non-potable water
Health professionals from the City of Cape Town will today provide guidelines on how non-potable water can be better used.
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Residents of CT suburb aim to use less water than they are allowed
The City of Cape Town has from 1 February introduced level 6B water restrictions. Under level 6B water restrictions, Cape Town residents daily water use is capped at 50 litres per person per day.
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Tougher water saving measures for CT sport fields
Irrigation of sports fields with borehole water will only be permitted to allow key sporting events and tournaments to continue.
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Measures in place to ease impact of CT’s water crisis on schools
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille and the provincial Education Department on Wednesday presented their plans for 16 April.
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CT to lower water pressure in bid to stave of Day Zero
Mayoral committee member Xanthea Limberg says that they've identified 25 areas where work is required over the next three months.
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Level 6B water restrictions now in effect for CT
The tougher restrictions will be in in place for the next four months.
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Drakenstein Municipality approves tougher water restrictions
Drakenstein Mayor Conrad Poole says that while they remain concerned about the drought crisis, they're fairly confident they can keep the taps open until the rainy season.
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Businesses cash in on CT water crisis
Desperate for water, thousands of increasingly panicked Capetonians are rushing to buy bottled water, water saving products and containers.
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[WATCH] How you can use your 50 litres of water a day
Level 6B water restrictions come into effect on 1 February. This means daily consumption per person per household has been cut to 50 litres.
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Stellenbosch to implement more stringent water restrictions
The Stellenbosch Municipality is urging residents to use less than 87 litres of water per person per day.
