WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE TAPS RUN DRY

1 The City of Cape Town will set up rows of standpipes. Each standpipe will have two taps with flexible hoses. Residents will be restricted to collecting 25 litres a day each and must bring their own containers. 2 There will be 200 collection points in the city – although their locations haven’t been announced yet. 3 Where possible the points will be open 24 hours a day. Security in the form of army and police officers will be on hand at all times to maintain law and order. 4 Residents won’t need to show their ID books when they arrive at collection points. 5 They won’t be required to prove how many people live in the household either. “There will be officials on the ground to prevent obvious abuse of the system but, with an operation of this scale, residents will also need to ensure they act in a conscientious and conservative manner to ensure minimal inconvenience for everyone,” councillor Xanthea Limberg says. 6 Water-testing kits will be available on site and the water quality will be tested daily by the City of Cape Town to ensure it meets required health standards. 7 Residents will have to pay for water from collection points. “The current proposal is that once water-collection points have been implemented, affected properties will be charged a flat rate of R104,88 a month to cover the cost of supplying water to collection points and to ensure an income is available to maintain the service,” Limberg says.

Residents will be invoiced on their municipal bills.