Dam Levels

The City’s Water teams are continuing to drive its multi-pronged action plan to help save water through its services and infrastructure, ranging from proactively replacing pipes, to detecting leaks and prioritising turnaround times to fix pipe bursts. This forms part of a collective effort required, with residents and businesses, to help save water in Cape …

Let’s continue to keep water saving top of mind, even though Cape Town’s dam levels are 74,9%. The water we currently have in our dams will need to last us until next year, without depending on unpredictable rainfall this year. Cape Town is in a water scarce region and rainfall patterns are unpredictable because of …

Team Cape Town, let’s continue to save water even though recent rains increased dam levels by 2,4% since last week. Saving water helps keep Cape Town’s dams fuller for longer. We need to make sure the water in our dams can last until next year, as we cannot depend on unpredictable rainfall this winter and …

While it may be April Fool’s Day today, the call for everyone living, working and visiting Cape Town to save water is no joke. The truth is that Team Cape Town’s collective water usage over the next two months – April and May- matters. This is because we all need to manage our current dam …

Cape Town is not in a drought, and not heading to ‘Day Zero’. However, as we are in the early warning phase, the window to avoid water restrictions before November is narrowing. Over this past week, Cape Town’s dam levels have dropped to 49,2% as collective usage remains high. Please remember that water must only …

Team Cape Town, please stay hydrated during the heat wave this week and only use water for essential purposes, as we manage our dam levels together. Key reminders: Cape Town is not in a drought, however, the window to avoid water restrictions later this year is narrowing. Based on the current water usage trend, dam …