The metro thanks residents and businesses for making an effort to meet the water savings targets.<\/p>\n
The metro made a call to residents and business on August 12, last year, to reduce water consumption by 15 per cent to ensure that the abstraction from the Vaal River System is reduced as per the call from the national department of water and sanitation.<\/p>
However, over the past three months the 15 per cent weekly target was achieved in only two weeks.<\/p>\n
To reach the 15 per cent target, Ekurhuleni implemented water restrictions and started rationing water to reduce consumption levels.<\/p>
The table below shows the percentage saving the city has achieved.<\/p>\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>\n| Savings KL\/Week<\/strong><\/td>\n | Percentage Saving<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Required usage<\/td>\n | 842 618<\/strong><\/td>\n | 15%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Actual Savings<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 14 November 2016<\/td>\n | 878 175<\/td>\n | -11,4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 21 November 2016<\/td>\n | 885 635<\/td>\n | -10.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 28 November 2016<\/td>\n | 846 172<\/td>\n | -14,6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 06 December 2016<\/td>\n | 911 650<\/td>\n | -8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 12 December 2016<\/td>\n | 903 034<\/td>\n | -8,9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 19 December 2016<\/td>\n | 884 445<\/td>\n | -10,8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 26 December 2016<\/td>\n | 825 129<\/td>\n | -16,8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 02 January 2017<\/td>\n | 829 548<\/td>\n | -16,3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 09 January 2017<\/td>\n | 855 526<\/td>\n | -13,7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 17 January 2017<\/td>\n | 889 462<\/td>\n | -10.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 25 January 2017<\/td>\n | 907 413<\/td>\n | -8.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | <\/p>\n Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n Breaking News: Water rationing to start on Monday<\/a><\/p>\n |