Its clear that the reason they are not divulging when and where these cuts will occur is part of the plan to avoid people simply using the water before or after the cuts occur, or indeed starting to stockpile water in anticipation of the next one. That said, as far as the former situation is concerned, what do they think people are going to do? Have a big fat bath and washing session the moment the water comes back on of course. I wonder if they have any idea how much water they will save in this way? Luckily I have a swimming pool fed from the roof that I can use to flush toilets in a pinch. 

As far as weather predictions are concerned, we are most definitely having a longer and belated winter rainfall period in the Cape. Its been colder than last year and there is more rain predicted this weekend. Cool weather and a bit of late rain may well make this summer survivable, but what about next year?