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

[porchrat]

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

Disgusting.

 

[theratman]

ftfy

I'd add to rep if the damn mybb app had it.

 

[xrapidx]

Moody's raises red flags over Cape Town water crisis

https://www.fin24.com/Economy/moodys-raises-red-flags-over-cape-town-water-crisis-20180129?

 

[chrisc]

Pretty sure the toilets were the culprit - if the domestic flushes four times a day - and we each flush three times - thats already almost 100L

Put a filled plastic bottle in the tank, this will reduce the volume used

 

[StrontiumDog]

Put a filled plastic bottle in the tank, this will reduce the volume used

And add to that, if one collects enough grey water, there should be no need to flush using potable water, given the potentially approaching Day Zero...

 

[daveza]

And the media keeps releasing bs information.

http://ewn.co.za/2018/01/29/social-stability-could-come-under-threat-in-ct-water-crisis

Commercial business, clinics and hospitals won’t be affected by phase two of the city's water disaster plan.

Commercial business...in the CBD

 

[buka001]

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?

Sewers are most likely to become blocked within the network from the toilet to the local collector network.

So very difficult to pump water in at that point to clear a network, as you could literaly be pumping it back into houses depending on the level of each house etc.

 

[RedViking]

The poor have survived Day Zero for years
News24 Columnists

....................The positive thing is that the communities in villages that have been underserved have developed their own coping mechanisms in dealing with the ever-dwindling water supply due to climate change and poor water resource management by government.

It is unfortunate that the City of Cape Town will not send study groups to those communities to learn how they have adapted to limited water supply. Those are the communities that know more about climate change and how it has forced them to change their attitudes towards water.

Having to survive without proper sanitation, those communities have been able to manage waste in a way that you never hear about the outbreak of diseases such as cholera, for example. I wonder if Cape Town will be able to avoid some of those outbreaks.

Instead of spending money of PR companies as a way of managing the water crisis, the City of Cape Town should send its strategists to communities that have survived without water for decades so as to learn how they survive. That will make a bigger difference than spending money on trying to spin the drought.

The drought is there to stay. We can’t throw money at it, nor should we try to spin it. The best thing to do is to adapt. How better to do that than learning from those who have been there before. Unless the City has resolved it has nothing to learn from poor communities...........

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

It is already difficult to find 5L bottles of water in stores, and people are lining up at water shops to fill their bottles for R1/L.

I guess it is a good idea to start stocking up on emergency drinking water. Most people will only use this water for drinking, and wont be using it to bath, do washing or flush the toilet. The average family wont even use 10L per day for just drinking.

So maybe buy like 50 bottles for emergency drinking and then start accumulating a few gerry cans or bigger containers filled with tap water? Of course still trying to stay within the monthly limit. The problem is you cant replace water for washing and bathing etc with store bought water, it is just too expensive. Water you store from the tap will likely not last more than a week and still be safe for drinking. So you could store tap water while it is still available and use for non-drinking purposes? But then you are putting extra strain on the water reserve by using water you dont need (at least not now).

My wife was looking at me funny when I bought 16 x 5 liters on Friday. Tomorrow I'm going to drive around looking for 30 more.
1. I owe it to my kids to provide for them
2. I know how desalinated water tastes and it tastes ***

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Put a filled plastic bottle in the tank, this will reduce the volume used

And add to that, if one collects enough grey water, there should be no need to flush using potable water, given the potentially approaching Day Zero...

I really hate this advice...after a crap you inevitably have to flush twice...using more water.

 

[Zoomzoom]

The poor have survived Day Zero for years
News24 Columnists

Or acknowledge the shame that these communities have very little access to water, but hey it's not popular around here to mention how little anyone gives a flying ---- about the rights of the poor.

 

[Zoomzoom]

I really hate this advice...after a crap you inevitably have to flush twice...using more water.

eat less so you poop less

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

@SauronZA apologies, I'm on my phone and the damn thing froze while I was replying to your post about being at home.

I'm commenting from a position of ignorance, but wouldn't it be better to be at work, given that the OHS and BCEA prescribe that an employer is mandated to provide us with portable water?

 

[f2wohf]

eat less so you poop less

Pooping liquid could be an alternative to flushing.

This is where the listeriosis outbreak comes in handy.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Not very clever, Kenilworth Race Course.

Kenilworth racecourse having a field day watering at 4pm in 32 degrees - cause there will be so many horse races and spectators when we hit #dayzero whatever water they are using we need it!!!!! @Magda_Wierzycka @CityofCT

https://twitter.com/LivvyRussolillo/status/958024666660200448

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

32 degrees? BS! It was pretty close to 40 today

 

[daveza]

Not very clever, Kenilworth Race Course.



https://twitter.com/LivvyRussolillo/status/958024666660200448

http://www.krca.co.za/

 

[Archer]

Latest dashboard is up.
http://resource.capetown.gov.za/doc...ity research reports and review/damlevels.pdf

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Probably using borehole water though.

 

[SauRoNZA]

I'm commenting from a position of ignorance, but wouldn't it be better to be at work, given that the OHS and BCEA prescribe that an employer is mandated to provide us with portable water?

I don’t know hey.

Ask yourself how many of those rules your employer currently takes seriously and then extrapolate how these would be any different if they aren’t in place right now.