WATER- SAVING TIPS • Read your water metre regularly • Establish if there are any leaks by isolating all taps and check to see if meter moves • Challenge your family and friends to see who can use the least water • Discuss water saving with colleagues and friends to promote awareness and learn new tips • Set goals for your family’s water usage and reward them with a treat if they achieve it • Check if your toilet is not leaking or overflowing • Collect water from the shower and use for flushing the toilets • Have a two minute shower by turning the water off whilst you soap yourself • Install a rain water harvesting tanks and use this water for toilets too. • Direct gutter down pipes into the pool. Brush your gutter clean first and put a net over the end on the down pipe. • Install inexpensive water saving devices such as low flow shower heads and tap aerators • Don’t do laundry unless you have a full load of washing and the items really need to be washed • Install sub-meters to outbuildings and cottages so you can directly monitor internal consumption • Reuse water. Grey water (water used for another household purpose that can be reused) can be used for a number of purposed such as watering the garden; Don’t flush the toilet unnecessarily as the toilet uses about six litres of water every time you flush. • Fix leaking taps or report them immediately. A dripping tap (one drop per second) wastes up to 30 litres of water an hour. • If you take a bath don’t fill up the bath tub. Preferably take a 5 minute shower. • Close the tap when brushing your teeth. Rather use water from a cup. Turning off the tap when you are brushing your teeth can save up to six litres of water • Close the tap when shaving. URGENT WATER RESTRICTION • Do not rinse glasses and cutlery under running water. Fill a basin and rinse in it. • Avoid washing vegetables under running water. Use a bowl to do this; re-use the water NOTICE FOR THE WIGGINS SYSTEM – for instance in the garden. • Hosepipe usage is prohibited during this period. Wash your car using two buckets of INANDA DAM water. This can save up to 300 litres each time you wash your car. • Wash your car on the grass as this will water your lawn at the same time. • Teach children not to waste water and engage them in water saving exercising, e.g. teaching them how to read a meter. • Only water your garden with grey water before 10.00 am and after 16:00 in the evening. Watering while the sun is high wastes water as most of it gets evaporated into the air with the heat of the sun. • Avoid watering on windy days as the water easily evaporates. • Make use of “grey water”. This is the water from your kitchen and bathroom that can be reused in the garden. • Collect rain-water for irrigation from the roof in tanks or containers placed under roof gutters. Enquiries : 080 13 13 013 URGENT WATER RESTRICTION NOTICE FOR THE WIGGINS SYSTEM – INANDA DAM Dear Valued Customer Item No. Reservoir Names Area Supplied & Affected Frequency Due to the ongoing drought in the Province, the Municipality is limiting the supply of portable 10. Ridge View Reservoir University, Daily water to all areas with the intention of prolonging the available storage for a long as possible. 11. Cato Manor Reservoir Cato Manor, Part Bellair, Carrington Height, Bellair, Daily In order to stabilize the water at the Wiggins supply system, the City is currently installing Umbilo, BayHead, Sea View, Coedmore, Fynnlands, restrictors, reducing the flow and pressure and implementing planned water shuts to all Ocean View, Rossburg properties. 12. Bluff 1 Reservoir Grosvenor, Clairwood, Wentworth Daily The frequent draining and filling of the water supply system has resulted in prolonged interruptions 13. Woodlands 3&4 Reservoir Montclair, Yellowwood Park Daily to our customers (mainly in higher lying areas) as well as repeated bursts to the watermains. 14. Woodlands 1&2 Reservoir Heaven side, Bay view Daily These interventions will help to stabilize the water supply system and control the outflow from 15. Mobeni Rear Reservoir Jacobs Daily the reservoirs. Our intention is to provide you with an uninterrupted supply once we have realized 16. Bluff 2&3 Reservoir Brighton Beach Daily the desired savings of 5%. 17. Lamont Reservoir Lamont Daily We urge you to continue using water sparingly and adopt internal water saving and re-use 18. Mobeni 1&2 Reservoir Mobeni Daily techniques. With your help we will be able to conserve and prolong our precious dwindling water 19. Wentworth Reservoir Austerville, Merewent Daily reserves during this difficult time. 20. Bluff South Reservoir Stanvac, Merebank East Daily Once the level of the supply dams has returned to a safe level, your water supply will be returned 21. Isipingo Beach Reservoir Isipingo Beach, Durban Airport, Prospecton Daily to normal. Industrial 22. Malabar Hills ET Umlazi Mission A Daily It is our intention to provide you our best service during these difficult times. 23. Isiping Rail Reservoir Isipingo Rail Daily Report water leaks on 080 13 13 013 or Sms 43554 or Email: [email protected] 24. Isipingo Hills Reservoir Isipingo Hills, Orient Hills Daily 25. Lotus Park Reservoir Malagazi, Lotus Park Daily STAGES FREQUENCY TIMES DURATIONS STAGE ONE (NOW) Daily NIGHT SHUTS – 21H00 to 04H00 7 Hours SOUTHERN AFFECTED AREAS STAGE ONE: PLANNED WATER INTERRUPTIONS AT NIGHT FROM 21H00 TO 04H00 STAGE ONE - PLANNED INTERRUPTIONS DURING THE NIGHT (From 21H00 to 04H00) Item No. Reservoir Names Area Supplied & Affected 1. Athlone Park Reservoir Athlone Park CENTRAL DROUGHT AFFECTED AREAS 2. Umbogintwini Reservoir Umbogintwini, New City, Ezimbokodweni, 3. Kwamakhutha Reservoir Kwamakhutha, Iziko, Emasomini, Nqustheni Russia STAGE ONE: PLANNED WATER INTERRUPTIONS AT NIGHT FROM 21H00 TO 04H00 4. Lewis Dr Reservoir Amanzimtoti Item No. Reservoir Names Area Supplied & Affected Frequency 5. Launceston Rd Reservoir Shulton Park 1. Ridge End Reservoir. Morningside, Springfield, Springfield Flats, Daily 6. Doonside Reservoir Doonheights Beachwood, Stamford Hill 7. Almond Rd Reservoir Illovo Glen, Warner Beach, Astra Park, Winkelspruit 2. Rosetta Reservoir Windermere Daily 8. Lower Illovo Reservoir Ilovu 3. Sherwood 1, 2 & 3 Reservoir Sydenham, Sherwood, Bonela, Sparks Daily 9. Illovo Beach Reservoir Illovo Beach, Karridene 10. Umgababa Reservoir Umgababa, 4. North Ridge Reservoir Essenwood, AK, North Beach Daily 11. Amagcino Reservoir Amagcino 5. St Thomas Reservoir Musgrave, Greyville, OldFort, South Beach, Daily 12. Umnini Reservoir Umnini Warwick, Westridge 13. Umkomaas 1&2 Reservoir Saico, Widenham 6. Chesterville Res. Blackhurst, Wiggins, Ridgeview Daily 14. Craigieburn Reservoir Craigieburn, Willow Glen 7. Montille 1&2 Reservoir Ridgeview Daily 15. Midnight Café Reservoir Craigieburn 8. South Ridge Reservoir Bulwer, CBD, Esplanade Daily 16. Quarry Rd Reservoir Umkomaas Drift 9. Glenwood 2&3 Reservoir Congela, Habour Point, Cave Rock, Island View Daily 17. Singhs Reservoir Naidooville 18. Clansthal 1 Reservoir Clansthal.