{"id":148465,"date":"2017-04-05T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/148465\/water-restrictions-lifted-residents-urged-to-continue-saving-water\/"},"modified":"2017-04-05T14:43:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T12:43:52","slug":"water-restrictions-lifted-residents-urged-to-continue-saving-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/04\/05\/water-restrictions-lifted-residents-urged-to-continue-saving-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Water restrictions lifted, residents urged to continue saving water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Water restrictions have been lifted in Ekurhuleni.<\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed at the monthly council meeting in the Germiston Council Chambers, last Thursday.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>This lifting of restrictions follows the gazette by the National Department of Water and Sanitation to lift water restrictions in Gauteng, after improved water levels in the Vaal Dam.<\/p>\n<p>However, the metro urges residents to continue using water sparingly.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Metro spokesman Themba Gadebe said, \u201cWater restrictions have been lifted, but we urge residents and businesses to conserve water by always avoiding daytime irrigation between 7am and 5pm every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we water during the day, 40 per cent of the water evaporates due to the sunlight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lifting of the water restrictions brings to an end the water restrictions punitive tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some related articles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/132892\/metro-implements-water-restrictions-reduce-water-usage-by-15-per-cent\/\">Metro implements water restrictions, reduce water usage by 15 per cent<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/136511\/mmc-for-water-gives-final-clarity-on-water-restrictions-2\/\">MMC for water gives final clarity on water restrictions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/135139\/businesses-urged-to-adhere-to-water-restrictions\/\">Businesses urged to adhere to water restrictions<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='7b99a6d5ab65d8aac418333e4e81ebf6'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metro encourages water conservation amid lifting of restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":147503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8515,2],"tags":[1003,969,1711,2734,1002,1004,8863,8805],"class_list":["post-148465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-germsiton","tag-melissa-hart","tag-metro","tag-municipality","tag-save-water","tag-water-restrictions"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Municipal"},"tag_labels":["Ekurhuleni","germiston city news","germsiton","melissa hart","metro","municipality","save water","water restrictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}