Mayor Patricia de Lille said the City had issued 36 fines for contraventions of Level 3B restrictions over the past week.
The fines ranged from R500 to R2 000 and were issued in 19 areas including Blackberry Mall, Strandfontein; Van der Heever Street, Kuils River; a building site in Mitchells Plain; Riebeeck Street in the CBD; and a building site in Duinefontein Road, Heideveld, among other areas.
The fines were issued to residents and businesses for various contraventions, including using potable water to wash a vehicle, washing down hard surfaces with a hosepipe, and irrigating without permission and doing so outside
designated times for garden watering.
“During this time of drought, we have appealed to all residents, businesses and government departments to work with the City of Cape Town to conserve water. Reducing consumption is the key intervention during a time of drought, as international best practice shows,” said De Lille.
She said the City continued to monitor the water usage of the top 20 000 water consumers in formal residences, as well as commercial, industrial and government properties in all suburbs.
“No one is escaping our efforts to see to it that consumption is reduced voluntarily, or forcibly, if required. We have such great water ambassadors in every suburb, but we have many rotten apples as well, who are spoiling all of our efforts to conserve water.”
De Lille said there were many residents and businesses who were doing their utmost to save water, but urged all to work together.