New water restriction tariffs hit Cape Town: what you need to know

[tcofran]

Nice usage calculator

 

[Rouxenator]

Stettynskloof dam

 

[Nanfeishen]

Stettynskloof dam

Do you actually work ? Seems you spend your life cycling the hills photographing dams

 

[daveza]

Stettynskloof dam

It serves mainly for municipal and industrial use and

its hazard potential has been ranked high

(whatever that means )

 

[Rouxenator]

No water is a far bigger hazard. Wish I could ride all day and take pics like that. Buddy of mine sent it to me, he was there this past weekend.

 

[noxibox]

that's just it starting ......

It's a consequence of people creating a temporary artificial shortage. If everyone bought as and when needed the supply would be plentiful.

 

[Agent_Smith]

yep, 3% .....

[video=youtube;tPL5xw3EOYQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPL5xw3EOYQ[/video]

Drove through here this morning and there were people happily hosing their cars down.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Just heard on radio unconfirmed reports of a fight breaking out at the SAB spring in Newlands. Will update if I hear more.

 

[Gordon_R]

Just heard on radio unconfirmed reports of a fight breaking out at the SAB spring in Newlands. Will update if I hear more.

Highly likely! I drive past there on Monday's and Fridays, and the queues last week were frightening (when it was still cool). With today's 30+ temperatures, I can imagine tempers are frayed.

IMO collecting spring water is a kind of 'temporary insanity'. Unless you are brewing beer, there is negligible difference in taste and quality to ordinary tap water. The waste of time and petrol is ridiculous...

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Drove through here this morning and there were people happily hosing their cars down.

well they aren't facing a cutoff so it's all systems go, crazy

 

[bekdik]

What I am not understanding are the following:

1. Constantia Abusers - If their water supply is not via a smart meter, why not?
2. Water Wasters as posted above -this is totally illegal. Why are they not being prosecuted?
3. Re sewers being blocked - would it not be possible for the municipality to send large tankers filled with non potable water to the high point of the various sewers and to pump that water into the sewer?

 

[xrapidx]

2. Water Wasters as posted above -this is totally illegal. Why are they not being prosecuted?

Rights in South Africa work like this:
Criminals > The poor > Tax Payers

 

[Priapus]

Rights in South Africa work like this:
Criminals > The poor > Tax Payers

Pretty much this.

 

[theratman]

Rights in South Africa work like this:
Criminals > The poor > Tax Payers

The rich > criminals > poor > tax payers.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Zuma > the ANC > god himself > the country > the rich > criminals > poor > tax payers.

ftfy

 

[daveza]

3. Re sewers being blocked - would it not be possible for the municipality to send large tankers filled with non potable water to the high point of the various sewers and to pump that water into the sewer?

I know Helen Zille was trying to source water tankers from all our military bases - guess what, gone, nobody knows when or where.

 

[Nerfherder]

Highly likely! I drive past there on Monday's and Fridays, and the queues last week were frightening (when it was still cool). With today's 30+ temperatures, I can imagine tempers are frayed.

IMO collecting spring water is a kind of 'temporary insanity'. Unless you are brewing beer, there is negligible difference in taste and quality to ordinary tap water. The waste of time and petrol is ridiculous...

I agree... which is why I haven't wasted time there. The water is good but no use stockpiling it, especially if it means waiting for hours in a queue.

Some people think they can offset their daily usage by using the water at the spring.

 

[FiestaST]

 

[Geoff.D]

I know Helen Zille was trying to source water tankers from all our military bases - guess what, gone, nobody knows when or where.

Flushing the system has already been announced. They don't need tankers to do it, just divert water via the fire hydrants into the sewers at convenient points. As far as I know, the plans don't mean reservoirs would be empty or allowed to empty completely.

As to the tankers? Well that would be interesting to know because an army without water is worth squat.

 

[daveza]

Fire hydrants are on the same system as our domestic water.