The City of Cape Town says windy, hot weather has contributed to a 1% decline in dam levels last week.
Dam levels now stand at 72.4%, double the amount the same time last year when it stood at just 36.3% of storage capacity.
The City says the average water consumption increased slightly by nine million litres per day to 558m litres per day for the past week.
“It is important consumption remains within this range while we wait for the water assessment from the National Department of Water and Sanitation.”
It encouraged water users to continue to be water-wise and to build on the good conservation practices they adopted to beat the drought.
Level 5 restrictions are in place, meaning municipal water may not be used for watering/irrigation; topping up of swimming pools; washing of vehicles, including cars, taxis, trailers, caravans or boats; or the washing or hosing down of hard surfaces.
The use of municipal drinking water for ornamental fountains or water features is also banned, while private swimming pools must be fitted with a cover. Also, the use of any portable or temporary play pools is prohibited.
Should you need to use borehole/well-point water for outdoor purposes, including gardening, topping up of swimming pools and hosing down surfaces, it should only be done for a maximum of one hour on Tuesdays and Saturdays before 9am and after 6pm.
However, the City discourages the use of this water for these purposes to prevent the over-abstraction of aquifers.
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