Cape Town authorities have reduced the water pressure in parts of the city — which at last count consumed roughly 864-million litres a day — to curb spills from burst pipes. The use of pressure-reducing valves has cut the pipe burst rate significantly‚ saving millions of litres of water‚ mayoral committee member for utility services Alderman Ernest Sonnenberg said on Thursday. Capetonians are still not heeding the call to conserve water as dam levels across the municipality dropped below 50%‚ despite stringent level 3 water restrictions being in place. The city set a consumption target of 800-million litres per day but last week residents and businesses used an average of 864-million litres. "Alongside the city’s pipe replacement programme‚ the roll-out of pressure reducing valves has reduced the burst rate from 63.9 bursts per 100km of piping in the 2010-2011 financial year‚ to 31 bursts per 100km according to the latest statistics‚ and saved millions of litres of water," Sonnenber...
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