Emergency water rations of 10 litres a day are being distributed to residents in high-lying areas of Beaufort West as the country’s oldest municipality struggles with three rounds of “water shedding” a day during a drought. “I wish you could see, there are so many clouds, but no rain,” said[…]
The City of Cape Town in the Western Cape says it has reached its water savings target of 700 million litres per day for the first time. The city says consumption dropped to 685 million litres per day last week. However, says while the savings are encouraging, dam levels have[…]
The mayor of Cape Town, Patricia de Lille, will join a panel discussion on Tuesday to discuss the city’s interventions in the metro’s drought crisis. De Lille will address the Climate Change Coalition at Green Point Urban Park, and will also discuss the city’s stance on climate change, and the[…]
Capetonians are finally using less than 800 million litres of water per day, the city said on Monday. They used an average of 783 million litres per day over the past week, saving 40 million litres of water per day since February 26. On Friday, Mayor Patricia de Lille declared[…]
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