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16 July 2026
City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will continue investing in critical infrastructure and progressing service delivery from 1 July 2026
29 March 2026
With Cape Town’s dam levels at less than 50%, learners at Melton Primary School in Kleinvlei, Eerste River, recently received a lively lesson in water security.
25 February 2026
Cape Town is not in a drought, but the window to avoid water restrictions later this year is narrowing. Based on the current water usage trend, dam storage could drop as low as 40% by May if this year’s rainfall is average.
10 November 2025
The City’s Water and Sanitation staff and Manzi, their mascot, visited Paramount High School in Tafelsig.
19 October 2025
The City’s Water and Sanitation mascot Manzi, visited the Grade 6 class at Lochnershof Primary School in Strand.
08 October 2025
The City of Cape Town is offering free training sessions in Claremont; Pinelands; Durbanville; Kraaifontein and Somerset West about the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB) to all residents and businesses
26 June 2025
Mayor’s Council Speech
28 May 2025
The City of Cape Town has tabled expanded rates relief measures and other changes to the proposed
23 April 2025
This year’s Water Star Rating Awards took place at the Old Mutual Head Office in Pinelands on Thursday, 10 April 2025.
21 November 2024
The City’s Urban Mobility Directorate can confirm that several processes are under way to ensure the repair work to a section of Kloof Road can commence in 2025
18 November 2024
At a celebratory event on 8 November 2024, the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate marked 100 years since the establishment of the Scientific Services branch in Athlone.
03 September 2024
The Faure New Water Scheme, to be constructed at the Faure WTP, will eventually increase and diversify the City's drinking water supply by 70 to 100 million litres per day.
26 August 2024
Investing in aquifers is one of the Water and Sanitation Directorate’s strategic interventions, towards introducing new water sources for the future.
16 July 2024
Recently Cape Town has been hard hit by unprecedented heavy rain.
08 July 2024
The Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS) currently serves as Cape Town's primary water source and will remain so until the New Water Programme (NWP) diversifies the city's water sources.
20 June 2024
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will undertake a 72-hour operation from Monday, 24 June, until Wednesday, 26 June, which will affect the Cape Flats. This will result in several areas having no water during this time.
10 April 2024
As Cape Town navigates the challenges posed by climate change and population growth, it's imperative to understand how the City plans to introduce new water sources via its New Water Programme.
23 March 2024
Annually observed on 22nd March, World Water Day serves as a poignant reminder of the global water crisis.
06 March 2024
Census 2022 data shows that Cape Town’s population is now 4 772 846, remarkably 27,6% higher than in 2011.
01 November 2023
Recently 17 businesses and organisations were recognised for their remarkable efforts in implementing good water management practices, during a special Water Star-Rating Award Ceremony.
09 October 2023
Monitoring and testing water and air quality in Cape Town is a crucial behind-the-scenes service to help ensure our residents' safety.
20 September 2023
Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation, Councillor Zahid Badroodien welcomed international and local guests to the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) 50th Congress.
02 March 2023
Water usage is high, and dam levels are dropping
29 December 2022
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is reminding residents and businesses to be water wise at all times, especially during prolonged high stages of load-shedding this summer. See how you too can be water wise.
23 December 2022
The ongoing high stages of load-shedding cause a number of operational challenges for water supply
18 December 2022
Groundwater is one of the diverse water sources the City is investing in to ensure Cape Town’s water supply remains reliable against future climate shocks.
14 December 2022
Higher, prolonged stages of load-shedding are affecting Cape Town’s water supply operations due to factors beyond the City’s control, despite the City’s contingency measures. Using less water will help this situation.
06 December 2022
The City of Cape Town is calling on residents and businesses to use water wisely this summer
16 September 2022
Significant progress has been made in resolving the water supply disruptions in areas outside of the original operational footprint.
The essential maintenance work on the Cape Flats bulk water pipeline network commenced in the early hours of this morning (Friday 16 September).
15 September 2022
This weekend, starting at 01:00 on Friday 16 September, residents affected by the essential maintenance on the Cape Flats bulk water network
13 September 2022
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will embark on a 75-hour operation this weekend to do essential maintenance to its bulk water supply network on the Cape Flats.
20 March 2022
Today kick-starts National Water Week
01 March 2022
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate would like to remind residents and businesses of some basic tips to help them find and fix leaks on their properties
29 November 2021
Dams supplying Cape Town are close to full for the second year running
22 November 2021
Weekly dam levels' update.
15 November 2021
Weekly dams level update.
08 November 2021
Dam levels' weekly roundup.
02 November 2021
Dams supplying Cape Town filled up completely for the second year running
25 October 2021
18 October 2021
11 October 2021
Dams supplying Cape Town filled up completely for the second year running. Prior to that, dams were last full in 2014
29 July 2021
Our facilities are under siege by criminals and vandals.
19 July 2021
12 July 2021
The total capacity of dams supplying the Cape Town metro increased by 4% in the last week, from 89,2% the previous week to 93,2%
05 July 2021
The total capacity of dams supplying the Cape Town metro increased by a whopping 13,8% in the last week, from 75,4% the previous week to 89,2%
28 June 2021
21 June 2021
The total capacity of dams supplying the Cape Town metro decreased by 0,6% in the last week, from 75% the previous week to 74,4%
14 June 2021
Weekly dam update.
7 August - 11 September 2026, Vasco Estate (Goodwood)
The Recreation and Parks Department is responsible for 201 Civic Centres, including Community Halls, Centres, Recreation Hubs and Multi-purpose centres around the metro.
The City of Cape Town today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA), establishing a multi-year strategic partnership to expand skills development
See all tenders received by the City of Cape Town.
The Killarney Drop-off facility accepts clean, garage or garden waste, recyclables and ru...
3 August - 4 September 2026
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