South Africa’s drought-stricken city of Cape Town has pushed back its “Day Zero” – the day when taps are expected to run dry – from June 4 to July 9 the city’s deputy mayor, Ian Neilson said on Tuesday.
According to Neilson, water consumption over the past week had been lowered to 523 million litres per day as residents reduce usage, Reuters reports.
The Groenland Farmers Association also released water from its private reservoirs into the Steenbras storage dam.
In a statement, Neilson said that the city anticipates that Day Zero could move back into June again once the Groenland transfer has been completed, unless they are able to meet the 450 million litres per day collective water usage.
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