Cape Towns six main dams are now on average just 21% full.
If winter rains disappoint Day Zero - when the water taps will run dry - will loom large again by early 2019.
Higher tariffs, usage restrictions and advertising campaigns have already driven consumption down to 519 million litres per day, from 1.2 billion litres 3 years ago. The city’s target is 450 million litres per day!
There will be further price increases and the city intends installing more devices that restrict the water flow to households exceeding their daily quotas of 50 litres per person.
We still need a lot more rain!
