De Lille upbeat about holding off Cape Town’s ‘day zero’ for water
Due to water-saving measures so far, day zero has been pushed out from March to May, with other plans ‘in full swing’
Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille has given residents a glimpse into what is to come when "day zero" arrives, in terms of water supply.Every person will be allowed 25 litres of water. It will be collected from 200 secure water points around the city. Police and South African National Defence Force members will be on standby‚ revealed De Lille‚ who was speaking at a rugby ground in Maitland that could be used as one of the water points."Today I want to bring you into my confidence to tell you what will happen if day zero arrives. Dam levels must at least be at 13.5%. If they go below that‚ that is the day we will turn off the taps‚’’ she said. Currently, dam levels are at 36.8%."We have to exclude the densely populated areas, such as the townships. If we turn the taps off there‚ we face significant risks in those areas, like disease. The rest of Cape Town will have to collect water from a pre-defined area from 200 sites around the city."But there is some good news. Officials had pred...
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