Alongside routine maintenance and repairs, specialised teams conduct targeted visual leak detection inspections on water pipes throughout the city. Leak Detection teams surveyed about 50% of the City’s 11 500km water distribution network in the 2024/2025 financial year. Some 793 leaks were identifie...

Maintenance work, including pipe and valve installations, repairs and replacements Residents are advised to store enough water in advance as a precautionary measure. Water should be stored in clean, sealed containers. This precaution does not guarantee all residents will have a water disruption, but...

The pressure of rapid population growth, unpredictable climate change and accelerating urbanisation, is negatively impacting existing water supply systems. Cities transitioning to smarter water management technologies support water conservation and improved data management of water consumption. ‘The...

With ongoing hot weather, the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate continues to encourage residents and everyone in Cape Town to be water wise at all times, especially this summer. This will help the City manage our dam levels until winter. ‘While there is no immediate cause for concern about wat...

Faced with below-average rainfall and increasing water demand, the Water Inspectorate ramped up their efforts to ensure residents and businesses are adhering to the Water By-law of 2010 and the 2018 by-law amendment. During December 2025 and January 2026, water inspectors visited Sandown, Parklands,...

The City’s ongoing investment into upgrading and modernising ageing water and sewer infrastructure as part of its annual pipe replacement programme remains on track. During November and December 2025, alone 12,54km of water pipes and 7,96km of sewer pipes were placed. This proactive measure forms pa...

Maintenance work, including pipe and valve installations, repairs and replacementsResidents are advised to store enough water in advance as a precautionary measure. Water should be stored in clean, sealed containers. This precaution does not guarantee all residents will have a water disruption, but ...

Residents are reminded that they are able to submit their monthly water meter readings to the City of Cape Town, if they wish to do so. Customers who choose to submit their own readings generally do so to avoid the possibility of estimated billing if their meter cannot be read by the City for any re...

Members of the newly established Soet River Catchment Management Forum (SRCMF) joined the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation, Councillor Zahid Badroodien, for a walk along a few sections of the Soet River in Strand on Wednesday, 25 September 2024. The Soet River passes through ...

The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be doing planned work in the identified areas, which will result in water supply disruption. This critical maintenance work is done on our water-supply infrastructure to benefit customers. Residents in the affected areas are encouraged to take note of...

Recently Cape Town has been hard hit by unprecedented heavy rain. This led to Cape Town’s dam levels increasing by 20% in a week and currently stands at 95,2%. Last year this time, dam levels were at 99%. Regardless of the status of our dams, the City is continuing on its mission to build a water-se...

Residents are urged to be on alert and aware of a scam doing the rounds, where money is solicited from City customers to avoid supposed water restrictions/disconnections due to non-payment. The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate warns that this is a scam. Residents are advised to report all sus...