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Last May we told you about how Constantia residents were pretty unimpressed with their neighbours, raising numerous objections to upgrades the Guptas had planned on their house.

Of course they’re on the run now, fighting back against the Asset Forfeiture Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority, so you would think that the water usage at their property would have decreased somewhat.

Nope – not content with plundering the state coffers, whoever spent December at the house had themselves a merry old time, reports News24:

During the City’s worst drought in decades, the Gupta-owned property was using more than 20 kilolitres per month…

This prompted the City of Cape Town to install a water management device in an attempt to restrict the property’s water usage…

With the Guptas only staying intermittently on the property, it is unclear what the water is being used for.

It was however apparent that the lawns of the property were in good conditions and the pool, as viewed from a neighbouring property, appeared well maintained.

Reports on when last the Guptas paid the house a visit vary. Some neighbours claim that it’s been months, whilst others say they saw the Guptas arriving in a black motorcade late last year, although they only stayed for a few days.

Staff at the property claim that only three staff members now live there, and the family hasn’t visited in months.

Now Constantia gets plenty of flak online for using more than their fair share of water, but a new tool seems to throw shade on some of their neighbours.

Remember the tool that showed you what each property was using? Well, how about if you could measure water usage by suburb?

Eighty20‚ a company that works with and analyses data, have put together an “interactive data visualisation tool using the latest available water consumption data “.  More from Times LIVE:

“Our aim for the Water Tracker is to provide a platform that educates and informs people about the current water crisis by providing access to data that has‚ to date‚ not been provided in a suburb-level view. Our hope is that the Water Tracker helps facilitate fact-based discussions and ultimately makes people more aware about the current crisis and nudges their behaviour towards greater water savings‚” the company said on Monday.

The tracker uses median data of household water usage from December 2017 and compares it against the December target of 10.5Kl per household (assuming 4 people per household at 87.5l per day). The tracker will be updated as new data becomes available.

“The visualisation reveals that high-income areas with larger estates‚ such as Bishopscourt‚ Clifton‚ Camps Bay and Fresnaye tended to use more water‚ and were exceeding targets‚ despite having decreased their water usage dramatically from the beginning of 2017‚” said Eighty20.