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Water restrictions

EThekwini residents unhappy with looming water restrictions

By Bernadette Wicks

The municipality will from Monday be implementing rotational water rationing in areas supplied by the Durban Heights Water Treatment Plant.

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    With hot summer looming, DWS urges South Africans to use water sparingly

    The call comes amid rising temperature's leading to higher water usage across the country.

    656 days ago
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    Despite low rainfall in parts of SA, DWS says no need for water restrictions yet

    However, the Vaal Dam in Gauteng has hit a new low, with levels sitting at just under 34%. The same downward trend can be seen at dams across KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the North West.

    685 days ago
  • FILE: Residents collect water from a tanker. Picture: EWN

    No need to panic over water crisis but use it responsibly - Maile

    On Monday, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu called on South Africans to urgently cut back on their water usage, with proper rain only expected in December.

    1020 days ago
  • Minister of Water and Sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu briefs the media on Gauteng's water crisis on 28 October 2019 in Johannesburg. Picture: Thando Kubheka/EWN.

    Sisulu to announce water restrictions to avoid ‘much-dreaded day zero’

    Officials are worried over the increase in consumption in South Africa with proper rain only expected to hit the country around December.

    1020 days ago
  • Minister of Water and Sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu (centre) briefs the media on Gauteng's water crisis on 28 October 2019 in Johannesburg. Picture: @DWS_RSA/Twitter

    Sisulu warns SA to use water sparingly or risk worsening situation

    Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said she would be announcing a master plan next month, including restrictions that residents would have to adhere to.

    1021 days ago
  • Water Minister says South Africa is experiencing water stress

    Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu on Monday said South Africa was under water stress and her department would be announcing a master plan next month to urgently address the issue.

    1021 days ago
  • FILE: Residents collect water from a tanker. Picture: EWN

    City of Tshwane sends out water tankers as reservoirs run dry

    The city said that its reservoirs were drying up.

    1023 days ago
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    High usage sees Rand Water implement water restrictions

    It said that municipalities in Gauteng, the North West, Free State and Mpumalanga would have their water flow throttled in order to meet the current demand.

    1025 days ago
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    Gauteng residents urged to use water sparingly due to low Vaal Dam water levels

    The Department of Water and Sanitation said it hoped that rain predicted for later this week would bolster the falling dam levels.

    1041 days ago
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    Rand Water says reservoir levels improving amidst water restrictions

    Parts of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane have been hit with water restrictions.

    1174 days ago
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    Swellendam struggling to keep up with water demand in Suurbraak, Barrydale

    Officials say drinking water’s running low in these areas, following an unpredicted increase in water consumption over the holiday period.

    1310 days ago
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    Swellendam Municipality urges residents to conserve water

    Swellendam municipal manager Anton Groenewald says that an unpredicted increase in water consumption over the holiday period in Suurbraak and Barrydale is worrying.

    1311 days ago
  • FILE: Beaufort West residents are having to use water sparingly amidst drought conditions. Picture: EWN

    Beaufort West implements tougher measures as water supply dries up

    Residents have no running water for most of the day following the implementation of the measures on Christmas Eve.

    1325 days ago
  • FILE: A Cape Town resident fills up a 5 litre bottle as Capetonians prepare for Day Zero, the day the taps run dry. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    [OPINION] Global warming raises risk of more severe droughts in Cape Town

    Droughts close to this magnitude have occurred in the past (for example in the late 1920s, early 1970s, and 2003 to 2004) and led to water shortages in Cape Town.

    1333 days ago
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    City of Tshwane to deploy water tankers to areas affected by restrictions

    Several areas in the province have been hit by water interruptions over the weekend imposed by Rand Water due to decreasing dam levels and electricity challenges.

    1341 days ago
  • FILE: Vaal dam. Picture: EWN

    DWS urges South Africans to conserve water as dam levels drop

    The Water and Sanitation Department says dam levels across the country have been dropping at an alarming rate, but the figures are still better compared to last year this time.

    1343 days ago
  • FILE: A voter in Cape Town. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    Load shedding, water restrictions to have impact at polls, says analyst

    Political analyst Sithembile Mbete says although these issues come down to municipal and provincial governance, many won't see it that way.

    1343 days ago
  • FILE: Cape Town residents stock up water reserves at the Newlands mountain spring during the city's water crisis. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    Fearmongering played huge role in forcing CT to save water - research

    A study done by researchers at Stellenbosch University and the University of Cape Town found residents responded more strongly to the possibility of taps running dry than to tough water restrictions.

    1347 days ago
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