Cape Town households use less than 6000 litres pm
Over 200,000 Cape Town households use less than 6000 litres/month
(Repeated from Cape Town City media release) 29th May 2018
The monthly update of the water map for April shows that 211 000 households have achieved the dark green water-saving dot for their water saving efforts. This marks a slight decrease but it is heartening to see that a large number of households are still going green.
The dark green dot for water saving is awarded to households who are using 6 000 litres or less per month.
Water map data since December 2017 shows the following trend:
Month |
Number of dark green dots |
December |
150 000 |
January |
154 000 |
February |
203 000 |
March |
219 000 |
April |
211 000 |
Visit www.capetown.gov.za/watermap to view the latest map.
Consumption is indicated on the map as follows:
- Dark green dot: household using less than 6 000 litres per month
- Light green dot: household using between 6 000 and 10 500 litres per month
- Grey dot with small dark green centre: estimated water meter reading of less than 6 000 litres per month
- Grey dot with small light green centre: estimated water meter reading of less than 10 500 litres per month
- Solid grey dot: excluded property (including: sectional title property or group housing / undeveloped property / water use is zero / no available information for the property / estimated water meter reading of more than 10 500 litres per month)
Please note: The map simply indicates water consumption for free-standing houses, not compliance with water restriction limits. Households with higher consumption may have many people living on the property, or may have an undetected water leak.
The map shows consumption information from meters read in the previous month, and may include a portion of consumption from the preceding month. This information is updated from the third week of the following month.
Households using more than 10 500 litres per month are not shown on the map. Remember that consumption higher than 10 500 litres per month (no green dot) does not necessarily indicate water abuse.