Cape Town’s Granger Bay, Hout Bay and Dido Bay may soon be home to three proposed new desalination plants that the city intends commissioning to make extra drinking water for its residents and visitors, according to tender documents issued this week. Earlier on Thursday announced that the city planned to[…]
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille is on Wednesday expected to announce further plans to deal with the city’s water shortage. The “Water Resilience Plan”, which will be tabled in the city council, is expected to include increased measures to avoid acute water shortages. A chief resilience officer had been[…]
As Muslims enter Ramadan, it now becomes incumbent to conserve water during ablution and ghusl and for masajid to remind their congregants of this responsibility. This week, Western Cape dam levels stand at 20,7%. With the last 10% of the water mostly being unusable, dam levels are effectively at 10,7%. The drought[…]
A number of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners being held in solitary confinement began refusing water on Wednesday, as more than 1,500 Palestinians entered the 10th day of the mass “Freedom and Dignity” hunger strike. According to the Media Committee for Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike — a joint committee formed by the[…]
Cape Town’s dire water shortage has prompted local ulema to call on the Muslim community to reflect on the challenges facing the ummah and seek answers through repentance and prayer. Following level 3B water restrictions coming into effect last month, Mayor Patricia de Lille has declared Cape Town a disaster area. With[…]
Residents of Haywood Road, Crawford are engaging with the City of Cape Town on their water woes, but say they are still being “harassed” by the media and the public. An unidentified resident in Haywood road has been named as the top water user in the municipality in a list[…]
The City of Cape Town has warned the public not to circulate hoax messages stating that the city council will cut off water at certain times. The concern comes amid increased vigilance around the use of water, at a time of a severe drought and formal water restrictions in place.[…]
Capetonians can brace themselves for even tougher water restrictions from next month. The City of Cape Town’s Council today approved the implementation of Level 3b restrictions water restrictions from 1 February 2017. Among others, the use of potable water for non-essential use will be further restricted. The Democratic Alliance and[…]
The average water level of Western Cape dams is less than 50% of capacity, local government MEC Anton Bredell confirmed on Wednesday. Dams in the province are currently at an average of 49.81%, compared to last year’s 58.39%. The Cape Town combined system dams are currently at 50.65%, compared to[…]
Israel’s national water company has cut crucial water supplies to large areas of the occupied West Bank, leaving tens of thousands of Palestinians without access to safe drinking water during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Mekorot, the main supplier of water to Palestinian towns and cities, siphoned off water[…]
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