The City of Cape Town has put contingency plans in place to ensure water supply is maintained in the event of an "absolute worst-case scenario". With erratic rainfall and rapidly decreasing dam levels, fears are growing that the metro’s taps could soon run dry. As of Tuesday, dam levels stood at almost 23%. However, with the last 10% of a dam’s water mostly not useable, levels are effectively at 13%. Xanthea Limberg, Cape Town’s mayoral committee member responsible for water and waste services, said on Thursday that should dams reach storage levels below 10%, the city would implement "lifeline" water supply, which involves minimalising supply pressures, intermittent water supply, and very stringent restrictions. In the worst-case scenario, areas in the city which experienced very low pressures could be provided water from tankers. "Many of the preliminary phases are under way or earmarked to start soon. With regard to drilling into the Table Mountain Group Aquifer, although actual d...
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