Phase one: extreme reductions in water pressure to force down consumption.
“As water rationing is intensified‚ some areas will have intermittent‚ localised‚ temporary water supply disruptions‚” she said, advising residents to store five litres of water as an emergency supply.
“Critical services, such as clinics and hospitals, will be largely unaffected and mitigation measures will be put in place if they experience intermittent water supply.”
In phase two, water collection points would be introduced. “Residents could collect a predefined quantity of drinking water per person per day.”
Council law enforcement officers‚ the police and soldiers would be deployed “to ensure that general safety is maintained throughout the city”.
“Strategic commercial areas‚ high - density areas with increased risk of disease and fires [most informal settlements] and critical services [hospitals] would continue to receive drinking water through normal channels.”