CAPE TOWN - The City of Cape Town has issued an early drought caution.
Residents are being urged to save as much water as possible to avoid restrictions.
In 2017, the City of Cape Town successfully averted day zero, and officials are calling on residents to do the same again.
The city's top water managers and experts detailed the situation and what an early drought caution means.
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The Water and Sanitation Department has recorded a continued decline in dam levels across the Western Cape as the province experiences sustained dry conditions.
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The concern is that if water consumption isn't reduced immediately, dam levels could reach 40 percent by May.
But there's no telling what the winter months may bring.
- eNCA's Ayesha Ismail reports.