Starting Saturday, residents will each be allowed to use 105 liters (28 gallons) a day, up from the current limit of 70 liters, the South African city’s municipality said in a statement Thursday.
Residents were restricted to 50 liters a day until Oct. 1, when curbs were relaxed as improved winter rainfall restored dam levels. Dams supplying Cape Town are at 71 percent of capacity, compared with 36 percent a year ago. DM
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