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17 July 2026
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will conduct planned work in the identified areas, which may result in water supply disruptions.
22 May 2026
Cape Town dam levels increased by about 20% in one week due to the recent, uncommon rainfall event
16 May 2026
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is calling on residents and businesses across Cape Town to reduce water consumption to essential use only as severe weather conditions have impacted major water treatment operations and placed pressure on the bulk water supply system.
15 May 2026
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be doing planned work in the identified areas, which will result in water supply disruptions.
14 May 2026
By Tuesday, 12 May, Cape Town’s dam levels increased by 12,4% compared to last week due to the heavy rain experienced particularly between Sunday, 10 May and Tuesday, 11 May.
10 May 2026
12 April 2026
03 December 2025
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is calling on the public to be more water-wise.
24 October 2025
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be doing planned work in the identified areas, which will result in water supply disruption.
03 August 2025
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be doing planned work in the identified areas.
11 July 2025
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be doing planned work in the identified areas
08 June 2025
23 May 2025
20 March 2025
To kick off National Water Week, the City of Cape Town is highlighting the proactive clearing of water-thirsty alien invasive plants as one of its interventions to help build a water secure future for residents
19 January 2025
11 October 2024
08 August 2024
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be doing planned work in the identified areas, which will result in water supply disruptions.
30 July 2024
With dams filling up, residents may have questions related to Cape Town's current and future water supply resilience.
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.
15 June 2024
16 February 2024
12 February 2024
The removal of non-indigenous, water-guzzling plants is an important component of the City's Water Strategy and long-term New Water Programme, which aims to add 55 billion litres per year to the water network by 2026.
19 January 2024
13 December 2023
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is investing R25 million towards major infrastructure refurbishment at Wemmershoek
12 November 2023
28 October 2023
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be doing planned work in the identified areas, which will result in water supply disruptions. The City sincerely regrets any inconvenience caused.
28 September 2023
The City of Cape Town would like to advise residents that water in the distribution system may be discoloured over parts of the northern suburbs. This is due to the water quality of the Wemmershoek Dam having been impacted by the severe stormy weather this past weekend. The City is conducting ongoing investigations and tests to monitor the water quality, which remains safe to drink and use.
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is currently doing emergency maintenance at the Blackheath Water Treatment Plant.
24 September 2023
17 September 2023
02 July 2023
Recent heavy rains saw Cape Town’s dam levels increase drastically and currently stands at 97,1%. With dams filling up, residents might have questions about the medium to long term implications.
15 June 2023
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is on the ground assessing efforts by City teams to mitigate localised flooding and severe weather impacts in different parts of the city.
01 June 2023
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is celebrating the massive strides made by the Greater Cape Town Water Fund to clear alien invasive plants over the past three years
31 August 2022
The City of Cape Town offers bursary opportunities to selected students each year.
28 August 2022
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be shutting down its Wemmershoek Water Treatment Plant from 00:00 on Monday morning 29 August 2022 until 24:00 on Tuesday, 30 August 2022 to do urgent routine maintenance.
In July 2021, the City of Cape Town and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) which involves a R50 million commitment to clear invasive alien trees in remote mountainous areas to reclaim water losses caused by these trees invading the catchments.
14 August 2022
The City of Cape Town is the first city in Africa to make a significant investment in the rehabilitation of the rainfall catchment areas which feed our water supply dams. The City is contributing R50 million in the 22/23 financial year to a partnership coordinated by The Nature Conservancy, which clears thirsty alien invasive plants (AIPs) so that more water reaches our dams.
12 August 2022
This is normal critical maintenance to ensure reliable supply and happens across the metro in phases, for some hours at a time, depending on the maintenance work.
26 March 2022
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate had to urgently shut down its Wemmershoek Water Treatment Plant at 09:00 this morning, 26 March 2022, because the bulk water main towards Cape Town has sprung a leak.
07 December 2021
The City has planned to reduce the impact of the critical maintenance work on consumers as far as possible
01 April 2021
Cityt invest R62 million to alien invasive plants.
22 March 2021
Projects in the City’s New Water Programme are progressing well, despite the challenges of the global pandemic.
30 November 2020
Water disruption in Bloekombos and Wallacedene.
24 November 2020
The work involves the servicing of its turbines and is expected to take 48 hours to complete.
27 October 2020
During today’s media briefing at Wemmershoek Dam, the City’s Executive Mayor, Alderman Dan Plato, joined by Mayoral Committee members Alderman Xanthea Limberg (Water and Waste) and Executive Deputy Mayor Alderman Ian Neilson (Finance), discussed Cape Town’s water outlook over the next few years and beyond.
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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