Cape Town - Dam levels have increased by 6,3% to a total of 38,1%, making it the biggest single weekly increase this year.
The good rainfall received over the past four weeks has increased dams’ storage to the same levels they were at towards the end of winter of 2017.
The City of Cape Town has urged all residents to keep on saving even if it is raining. The National Government’s restrictions on abstractions from the dams remains in effect.
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"The innovation on water-saving consumption that we’ve seen from residents, businesses and this local government has been quite phenomenal. We ask them to keep up with this effort until the dams reach assured levels of supply," said Deputy Executive Mayor, Ian Neilson.
"The City’s advanced pressure management roll-out continues to have a positive effect on water usage and is now saving on average 70 million litres a day.
"We will continue rolling out our advanced pressure management programme across the metro to ensure that consumption remains in the lowest ranges possible. An assessment of our overall water situation will be done at the end of the winter rainfall season to determine whether restrictions can be adjusted.
"At this stage, the new normal of enhanced water conservation remains business-as-usual, as we cannot predict what the rest of the winter season will bring," Neilson explained.
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