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

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BTTB said:
This water loss, I have a thought in this regard, surely the less the total metered usage the higher the % loss?
Meaning, 20% is just a percentage at one point in time. I cannot see how 141ML of water per day in April can be any different to any other month when it comes to "unexplained" water loss.
They need to define what they mean by "loss" as my understanding is that this is the water that is lost to leaks and burst pipes.

Unless The City fixed a whole bunch of these leaks since April the loss should still be around 141ML per day whether we consume 600ML per day or 900ML a day or the 500ML per day target set down, it still means that around 141ML is lost somewhere, given that the loss is leaks and burst pipes on an old network of pipes only.

The pressure in our piped system has been kept constant until only recently. Leaks and burst pipes will occur at more or less the same amount, doesn't matter what we consume, the percentage loss should vary up when we consume less and vary down when we consumer more?
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Unless it is just a simple "allocation" on a spreadsheet ..... not based in any reality because someone has done a correlation of some sorts. But I suppose, it is possible that with lower water pressures the loss amount would go down?
 
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Geoff.D said:
Unless it is just a simple "allocation" on a spreadsheet ..... not based in any reality because someone has done a correlation of some sorts. But I suppose, it is possible that with lower water pressures the loss amount would go down?
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Good point.
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CITY OF CAPE TOWN

9 OCTOBER*2017

MEDIA RELEASE

WARNING: PHASE 1 OF THE CITY’S CRITICAL WATER SHORTAGES DISASTER PLAN IS IN EFFECT. WATER RATIONING UNDER WAY

Drought crisis:*City's summer water-saving campaigns to kick off*soon

Several key summer water-saving initiatives are set to kick off soon. The City’s focus is on local and international tourism especially, alongside*the existing city-wide drought interventions. Read more below:

Dam storage levels are at 37,8%, with useable water at 27,8%. Consumption remains too high at 607 million litres of collective usage per day.*This is 107 million litres above the crucial consumption target of 500 million litres per day. Alongside the implementation of disaster plans, such as water rationing which is currently under way, bringing on board emergency augmentation projects, and restricting*high water usage, water saving awareness is being enhanced ahead of the traditional peak usage in summer.

The City of Cape Town will shortly be launching one of its key initiatives which we are calling the ‘Save like a local’ campaign. This will*be used to drive awareness about the serious drought crisis, especially among visitors, while at the same time keeping the message as light and inspirational as possible.

The City will rely heavily on the tourism sector to spread awareness. The campaign will include airport billboards in multiple international*languages and branded flags in the CBD and Waterfront areas. Mobile billboards on beaches and at tourist centres will also be used to amplify the message that Cape Town is a water-scarce region which is experiencing its worst drought in recorded history.

The City asks all tourism and related businesses to consider adding contextual digital adverts to their website homepages and booking technology*to drive awareness.

‘As for local tourism, all options are being explored to spread the awareness at road entry points to the Western Cape and Cape Town. We have*also started reaching out to cellphone service providers to see how they can come on board to assist us to call on our visitors and locals to save water.

‘The New Normal requires us to adapt the way that we have been doing things, in all aspects of our lives. If this year’s tourist season issimilar to last year’s, we can expect a bumper season and we will need all visitors to save like a local and follow the example of many of our water ambassadors. We have also had engagements with the tourism and hospitality industry, such as with the hospitalityassociation Fedhasa.

‘Domestic users who permanently reside in Cape*Town will remain the largest users. Our experience shows that the local outflow of people over the festive season and the closure of some businesses and industry, such as the construction industry, mostly balances the inflow of local and foreign tourists.*We will all have to do our utmost to ensure that we spread the message of saving water and the restrictions that we must all adhere to.

‘All operations that are required during this time will be handled in a sensitive manner, balancing the requirements of this city and its people with the*drought situation that we are in. It must also be borne in mind that this is a dynamic situation and the City will place further restrictions in place and lower water usage targets at short notice if required,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member forInformal Settlements, Water and Waste Services; and Energy, Councillor Xanthea Limberg.

An online toolkit has been developed with various resources for all to use to help us to drive this message. Please see our websitewww.capetown.gov.za*to access material that you may require. This toolkit will be updated regularly.

For information on how to meet the 87-litre per day usage requirement, residents should please visit the water restrictions page on the City’s*website:*www.capetown.gov.za/thinkwater*and utilise our water calculator:*http://bit.ly/ThinkWaterCalculatorCT

Residents can contact the City via email towater@capetown.gov.za*for queries about the water pressure reduction, or to report contraventions of the water restrictions (evidence should be provided to assist the City’s enforcement*efforts), or they can send an SMS to*31373.

Please note that normal supply could be disrupted in order to lower demand. This is part of the aggressive pressure reduction programmes in place*which are set to be intensified.

Water supplied by the City remains safe to drink and is tested in accordance with safety standards.

Residents should please check their water usage by registering on e-serviceshttp://cct.gov.za/sh5O5.*For more information on water management devices, please visit*http://cct.gov.za/mXos4

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Note to broadcasters:*audio clips are available for download

For English:*https://soundcloud.com/ct-media/damlevels9octxanthealimberg

For Afrikaans:*https://soundcloud.com/ct-media/damlevels9octxanthealimbergamrafr

Issued by: Media Office, City of Cape Town

Media enquiries:*Councillor Xanthea Limberg, Mayoral Committee Member for Informal Settlements, Water and Waste Services; and Energy, City of Cape Town, Tel: 021*400 1299*or Cell:*073 271 2054,*Email:Xanthea.limberg@capetown.gov.za*(pleasealways copy*media.account@capetown.gov.za)
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Good to see the city is spending more on marketing :rolleyes:
 
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ambroseg1 said:
Now you are talking nonsense. Unemployed != no money. You are making comments like a person who lives under a rock.
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The economy cannot work without money. The unemployed, due to virtue of being unemployed, struggle for money and hence have a negligible effect on the economy.

genetic said:
I've never experienced this. I live in Royal Ascot and work in Century City.
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satanboy said:
BS....I have never experienced this.
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You're very fortunate then. I've spoken to multiple people who have had the same problem at different times. Mostly its when there is a burst pipe or something similar. Our body corp has also been in talks with CoCT because of it.

You can look up the physical specs of your geyser yourself if you do not trust me.
 
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Garson007 said:
The economy cannot work without money. The unemployed, due to virtue of being unemployed, struggle for money and hence have a negligible effect on the economy.
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To be fair, many of the wealthiest people are technically unemployed too. Many wives and adult children of wealth are unemployed. I know a number of people who live off investments and are unemployed. Being unemployed is not the same as being poor
 
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Must be torture for the Capetonians to read the threads coming outta Durbs and JHB right now..... How cruel!

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C4Cat said:
To be fair, many of the wealthiest people are technically unemployed too. Many wives and adult children of wealth are unemployed. I know a number of people who live off investments and are unemployed. Being unemployed is not the same as being poor
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Are these people actively looking for work? If not they don't get counted as amongst the unemployed.
 
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Slootvreter said:
They don't mention Steenbras Upper, which is 100% full
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I'd hazard a guess because you just know people will turn around and go, see, the dam is full there is no crisis while the that dam is about 3% of the system capacity. And the same people can't relate to "the dams have X Ml stored" because honestly what individual can relate to that amount of water when they use a tiny fraction of it over the course of a year.
 
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Archer said:
I'd hazard a guess because you just know people will turn around and go, see, the dam is full there is no crisis while the that dam is about 3% of the system capacity. And the same people can't relate to "the dams have X Ml stored" because honestly what individual can relate to that amount of water when they use a tiny fraction of it over the course of a year.
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That is the truth. I wonder which dams service which areas, or if it affects all equally.
 
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noxibox said:
Are these people actively looking for work? If not they don't get counted as amongst the unemployed.
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Why not? In this context if they are not employed they are unemployed. This isn't some stats methodology trying to measure unemployment levels (where your assertion may be true) it's a simple statement by Garson007 that unemployed people are all poor / have no money which is simply not true
 
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Garson007 said:
The economy cannot work without money. The unemployed, due to virtue of being unemployed, struggle for money and hence have a negligible effect on the economy.
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That is NOT what you said. You said they do not contribute at all.

And even now with your backtrack of them contributing negligibly, that is also nonsense. Just because they are poor, doesn't mean they don't spend money, as they need to eat, live, poop, pee, wash etc to survive. All this stuff costs money. The poor make up the majority of people in this country. They contribute quite a bit to the economy and to taxes (through VAT).
 
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