Capetonians are still not heeding the call to conserve water as dam levels across the metro dropped below 50%‚ despite stringent level 3 water restrictions being in place. The City of Cape Town set a consumption target of 800-million litres a day to offset the below-normal rainfall during winter‚ but this has not been met since mayor Patricia de Lille approved the stricter restrictions two months ago. Last week the average daily consumption for the municipality was 864-million litres‚ and that figure rose to as much as 905-million litres a fortnight ago. Ernest Sonnenberg, a mayoral committee member for utility services‚ said there was still far too much indiscriminate use of hosepipes. Sonnenberg also said people continued to feign ignorance despite the message being consistently communicated to them. "The restrictions are clear — hosepipes are not allowed‚ except when borehole or well-point water‚ spring water‚ rain harvested or grey water is being used. And even then‚ such proper...
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