No, you can’t bath guilt-free yet.

That being said, a combination of some increasingly water-wise behaviour and rainfall has seen the Cape dam levels tick past the 50% full mark this month, so maybe you can treat yourself to a few extra seconds in the shower.

At the very least, enjoy these images of the spectacular double rainbow above the city yesterday.

According to the Citizen, Cape residents are still flying under the target of 650 million litres of collective usage per day, although dam levels did drop by 0,7% last week as usage saw a slight increase:

The City of Cape Town said water consumption also increased last week to an average 610 million litres a day…

“Although usage has gone up, residents are doing well to remain within the target of 650 million litres of collective usage per day. This will help the City’s dams to recover and to build a solid foundation for a more water-sensitive city in years to come,” it said.

Each week, updates can be found on the City of Cape Town website, showing levels of individual dams, as well as a cumulative level.

Here’s what those stats show of yesterday, March 25:

Those numbers stack up very favourably when compared to their 2018 percentages, which can be seen in the far right column:

It’s not exactly ‘pop bottles’ time, but if we continue to use water sparingly, perhaps that dreaded Day Zero can be fended off.

If you think Capetonians can moan about load shedding, wait until you throw dry taps into the mix.

There’s a truly scary thought.

[sources:citizen&ctgov]