Cape Town’s thirstiest water users: by the numbers

We live in a thirsty city, and no, not just that way either. Cape Town is running out of water, fast. At the latest count, the city has just over 31% of its total dam storage occupied by wet stuff, and that in turn means around 120 days left of water in the city. Ouch.

In a desperate attempt to quell the seepage and stop the wastage of water, the City of Cape Town has published a list of the top 100 water users in the metropole. Although exact addresses aren’t given (for obvious reasons), road names, suburbs and total usage is listed. And it makes for scary reading.

Drought crisis: 121 days of useable water left https://t.co/HzjsD8yLnX #CTNews pic.twitter.com/9wRxeiLxVY

— City of Cape Town (@CityofCT) February 28, 2017

In total, Cape Town as a city uses around 837-million litres per month. The top water user on the list uses close to three-quarters of a million alone — 702 000 litres to be exact. That’s some water bill.

Overall, the top 100 users named by the City consume around 3.1% of Cape Town’s water supply, or around 26-million litres in total.

Cape Town’s thirstiest water users were named and shamed by the City today

Suburbs most at fault seem to be Bishopscourt and Constantia — both green, affluent suburbs nestled beneath Table Mountain’s eastern slopes. Nine households are mentioned from Constantia, with a further eight from Bishopscourt. In total, these households use a combined 4.8-million litres — nearly one fifth of the top 100 water users’ combined total.

Other affluent neighbourhoods Camps Bay, Bakoven and Fresnaye on the Atlantic Seaboard follow closely behind. Interestingly though, the city’s top consumer doesn’t live in any of these suburbs, instead residing in Crawford.

That particular household is the only one from Crawford on the entire list.

If you’ve forgotten to turn your sprinklers off last month, or are perhaps washing the labrador a bit too often, have a look at the list published by the City of Cape Town below:

1. Haywood Road‚ Crawford – 702 000 litres/month
2. Manenberg Avenue‚ Manenberg – 655 000
3. Boundary Road‚ Lansdowne – 557 000
4. Upper Hillwood Road‚ Bishopscourt – 554 000
5. Norwich Drive‚ Bishopscourt – 500 000
6. Pear Lane‚ Constantia – 461 000
7. Barchan Circle‚ Big Bay – 457 000
8. Hoeveld Road‚ La Concorde – 443 000
9. Montana Road‚ Colorado Park – 441 000
10. Charnwood Avenue‚ Tokai – 431 000

11. Pallotti Road‚ Durheim – 424 000
12. Heron Street‚ Danarand – 417 000
13. Vesperdene Road‚ Green Point – 409 000
14. Main Road‚ Green Point – 398 000
15. De Wet Road‚ Fresnaye – 386 000
16. Ridge Walk‚ Constantia – 378 000
17. Monterey Drive‚ Constantia – 370 000
18. Beta Road‚ Camps Bay/Bakoven – 342 000
19. Camps Bay Drive‚ Camps Bay/Bakoven – 337 000
20. Klipper Road‚ Rondebosch – 337 000

21. Crescent Road‚ Ottery – 335 000
22. Arcadia Road‚ Bantry Bay – 334 000
23. Deauville Avenue‚ Fresnaye – 334 000
24. Salie Road‚ Lentegeur – 330 000
25. Tanglewood Crescent‚ Sunset Beach – 330 000
26. Lighthouse Road‚ Melkbosstrand – 329 000
27. Hof Street‚ Gardens – 322 000
28. 1st Avenue‚ Glenlily – 314 000
29. Deauville Avenue‚ Fresnaye – 310 000
30. Fulham Road‚ Camps Bay/Bakoven – 299 000

31. Kloof Nek Road‚ Gardens – 294 000
32. Koeberg Road‚ Brooklyn – 287 000
33. Ingleside Road‚ Camps Bay/Bakoven – 284 000
34. Doordrift Road‚ Constantia – 273 000
35. Hohenhort Avenue‚ Constantia – 266 000
36. Price Drive‚ Constantia – 263 000
37. Govan Mbeki Road‚ Crossroads – 258 000
38. Madeira Street‚ Rugby – 251 000
39. Canal Road‚ Wetton – 251 000
40. Viljoen Street‚ Brandwag – 248 000

41. Protea Road‚ Durbanville – 246 000
42. Ainsty Walk‚ Constantia – 243 000
43. Murdock Road‚ La Concorde – 239 000
44. St George’s Street‚ Oakdale – 239 000
45. Hutchinson Avenue‚ Retreat – 239 000
46. Bishop’s Court Drive‚ Bishopscourt – 236 000
47. Rupert Avenue‚ Helderberg Estate – 231 000
48. 1st Avenue‚ Eikendal – 230 000
49. Glen Avenue‚ Gardens – 230 000
50. Thames Avenue‚ Manenberg – 230 000

51. Brockley Road‚ Muizenberg – 229 000
52. Pelican Parade‚ Melkbosstrand – 226 000
53. Peak Road‚ Fish Hoek – 225 000
54. Lichfield Avenue‚ Bishopscourt – 224 000
55. Pinecroft Close‚ Parel Vallei – 222 000
56. Upper Primrose Avenue‚ Bishopscourt – 220 000
57. Bromley Road‚ Athlone – 219 000
58. Khalfe Road‚ Athlone – 217 000
59. Spilhaus Avenue‚ Constantia – 216 000
60. Head Road‚ Fresnaye – 216 000

61. Hugon Road‚ Claremont – 213 000
62. Golden Road‚ Retreat – 213 000
63. Belgravia Avenue‚ Lansdowne – 211 000
64. Peddie Road‚ Milnerton – 211 000
65. Santos Street‚ Rugby – 210 000
66. Service Road‚ Lakeside – 209 000
67. Peter Cloete Avenue‚ Constantia – 206 000
68. Fraser Road‚ La Concorde – 204 000
69. Sunset Avenue‚ Llandudno – 204 000
70. Plettenberg Street‚ Welgemoed – 203 000

71. Upper Hillwood Road‚ Bishopscourt – 201 000
72. Habibia Road‚ Gatesville – 201 000
73. Main Road‚ Kenilworth – 201 000
74. Doig Road‚ Wetton – 201 000
75. Forest Avenue‚ Bishopscourt – 198 000
76. Glen Crescent‚ Oranjezicht – 198 000
77. Wraysbury Close‚ Newlands – 195 000
78. Teddington Road‚ Oakdale – 195 000
79. Samelia Road‚ Dennemere – 188 000
80. Murray Road‚ Kenilworth – 187 000

81. Ermington Crescent‚ Highbury Park – 186 000
82. Clovelly Steps‚ Clovelly – 184 000
83. Vlei Road‚ Philippi – 180 000
84. Amandelboom Street‚ Plattekloof – 180 000
85. Karakal Road‚ Hout Bay – 177 000
86. Kirsten Avenue‚ Kommetjie – 176 000
87. Goldsmith Road‚ Salt River – 166 000
88. Luisa Way‚ Hout Bay – 153 000
89. Hofmeyr Street‚ Welgemoed – 143 000
90. Pitlochry Road‚ Camps Bay/Bakoven – 135 000

91. Varkensvlei Road‚ Philippi – 132 000
92. Milton Road‚ Sea Point – 131 000
93. Fisherman’s Bend‚ Llandudno – 130 000
94. Hofmeyr Street‚ Welgemoed – 123 000
95. Sunset Avenue‚ Llandudno – 122 000
96. Jim Fouche Avenue‚ Plattekloof – 121 000
97. Bishop’s Court Drive‚ Bishopscourt – 119 000
98. Main Road‚ Lakeside – 119 000
99. Carbenet Way‚ Tokai – 118 000
100. Deauville Avenue‚ Fresnaye – 116 000