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Water Restrictions - The Lowdown

Dear residents, Below is some very useful information from the DA Councillor for Ward 117, Tim Truluck, regarding water restrictions, please take note. Water Restrictions - The Lowdown [Recently], our new MMC, former Ward 90 Cllr, Anthony Still, announced that Rand Water is reducing our water allowance to the City by 15% because of the ongoing drought. This resulted in a few more stringent water restrictions being imposed on us. From November last year, we have been at Level 2 restrictions, and on 1 August this year the City imposed penalty charges on households that use over 20Kl/month (i.e. 20 000 litres or about 660 litres per day). Basically, we have to reduce our usage by 15%. So the following restrictions are now in place: No watering of gardens or use of hoses from 6am in the morning to 6pm in the evening. When you do water your garden, you can only use a hand held hose or watering can. No irrigation systems or sprinklers are allowed to be used. No washing of cars, ho