Conserving in vain

I HAVE been following the debate about our water supply, how many residents are making savings (or not), the drought tax and the approach of “Day Zero”.

Throughout I have been doing my best to save water – recycling water from my washing machine and showers to flush toilets, installing water butts to collect rainwater, cutting back on showers, etc – but it seems that I have been wasting my time, resources and efforts.

Only about a third of residents are making sufficient savings, with “Day Zero” rapidly approaching and the City’s special projects, to enhance our water supply, running well behind schedule.

Even though I have saved a lot of water, I will have mine disconnected along with those who haven’t cut back sufficiently when “Day Zero” arrives.

Now, on top of all that, I am going to be penalised by the drought tax. Where is the incentive for me to make any savings in my water usage?

It would seem that I might as well carry on like most of Cape Town and do little at all – enjoying the water while we still have it! We’ll all be in the same s**t come “Day Zero”, whatever sacrifices we might have made along the way!

Perhaps the slogan now splashed across the city should read “Waste Water like a Local” – that would be more accurate! Derek Salter Sea Point