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Cape Town desalination plans delayed while water demand soars

Latest Water Outlook reveals City’s plan for 300-million extra litres a day has slipped to 2036

Theewaterskloof Dam in April 2018 during the last drought in the Western Cape. Archive photos: Ashraf Hendricks

The City of Cape Town’s New Water Programme is only expected to be fully operational by 2036, yet demand is expected to exceed the current dam water allocation in the next two years.
A desalination plant – a critical component of the plan – is delayed by five years.
Current dam levels are at 77%, which for this time of year indicates an “early drought caution stage”.
Except for the May floods, winter rainfall was overall very low, and a long, hot summer is predicted.

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