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Cape Town tightens water restrictions

Source: business/news, 06/01/2016

Johannesburg - Cape Town intensified water restrictions as South
Africa`s worst drought in more than two decades left the city`s dam
levels lower than normal.

Users are required to cut water consumption by 20 percent from 10
percent, the City of Cape Town municipality said in a statement on its
website. The restrictions started on January 1.

The curbs have been initiated to "preserve the long-term
sustainability of the resource," it said.

A strengthening El Niño weather pattern has brought dry conditions to
the sub-Saharan region, prompting South Africa`s weather service to
predict below-normal rainfall for the next four months.

The Western Cape province, where Cape Town is located, produces the
bulk of the country`s wheat and wine grapes.

While the city will raise prices to encourage greater water-use
efficiency, customers` bills should remain at a similar rand value if
they cut usage, it said.

Watering gardens with drinking water from municipal supply is allowed
only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays for a maximum of an hour per
premises either before 9 a.m. or after 4 p.m., it said. This includes
watering with buckets or automated sprinkler systems.
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