The City of Cape Town has welcomed the healthy reading of the municipality’s dam levels.

More rain over the past week contributed to the region’s dams exceeding capacity. But it says that it will continue with its work on the New Water Programme. This is expected to bring an extra daily 300 million liters of water online by 2030.

Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation, Councillor Zahid Badroodien says that their water resilience plan is reliant on citizens paying their water bills and to continue conserving this resource.

He was speaking as new tariffs have come into effect in Cape Town.

The City says that residents pay on average between five and eight cents a litre for Cape Town tap water. This water tariff is made up of usage charge, which depends on how much water is used, and a fixed basic charge. However, residents are paying 8.6% more for water and sanitation services to cover the running costs and to build water resilience.