The City of Cape Town is a leader in climate-change mitigation and adaptation and has, for more than a decade, been factoring in the occurrence of erratic climatic conditions as part of its planning processes (Irresponsible or deniers? August 8). Cape Town is also part of numerous leading city bodies such as the C40 Cities, 100 Resilient Cities and the Global Covenant of Mayors due to our commitment and results in addressing climate change. The drought we are experiencing is the most intense and protracted in recent history. Prior to its onset, the city was using water well under its registered allocation as per the Department of Water and Sanitation. Despite our population growth almost doubling since 1996, our water demand has remained relatively flat due to various water conservation and demand management actions. The city has been given a 97%-98% assurance of supply, meaning for 2%-3% of the time, during periods of limited rainfall, the implementation of water restrictions is st...
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