It's definitely a big problem, yet I see a lot of creative solutions which gives us a bit of hope for the future. People are also working together to keep water

It's definitely a big problem, yet I see a lot of creative solutions which gives us a bit of hope for the future. People are also working together to keep water consumption at its lowest. A lot of people are gathering rain water with big water tanks next to their houses. I've personally built a setup connected to the gutters of my roof, and it's amazing how much water you can gather like this. It's also quite easy to keep your swimming pool topped up by simply getting a cover for it so that water does not evaporate. However the occasional light rains won't do much to affect the big dams that supply drinking water to the wider population of Cape Town. There simply has been too little rain these past winters to fill the dams up to an adequate level. I think the long term solutions for Cape Town will be increasing and improving the water catchment areas so the dams can cope with the population increase, possibly combined with desalination plants if it gets really bad.