The eThekwini Municipality is urging residents and businesses in the City to continue to use water sparingly.

Speaking at an Executive Committee (Exco) Meeting on Tuesday, eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede, said people still needed to reduce their consumption despite the fact that the city wasn’t facing a water crisis.

“People need to save water and reduce their consumption. We may not have a water crisis in the City but saving water is still important as we are still in drought. We are still implementing evening water restrictions in some parts of the City,” she explained.

Gumede said a progress report would be presented to Exco detailing all the interventions made by the City and the impact these interventions were having. She also urged the public to promptly report water leaks.

Gumede added that the City would strengthen the water education officers’ initiative as they were on the ground in communities encouraging and teaching residents how to save water.