Through careful management, ingenuity and
consumer education, the City of Cape Town has managed to stabilise water
demand. Water consumption growth has been reduced to less than 2% per annum and
water wastage reduced to 20%, resulting in total water savings of approximately
30%. Expensive capital infrastructure projects, including an additional water
supply scheme, have been postponed due to these water savings.
Recycled water is used to irrigate public parks
and green areas and 6% of all potable water is now recycled. More than 4,000
households have been visited for leak detections and repairs, and 258
kilometres of water pipes have been replaced in order to reduce pipe bursts and
water leaks.
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