TABLE OF CONTENTS
WATER SERVICES AND THE CAPE TOWN URBAN WATER CYCLE .................................................3
1. EVAPORATION ..................................................................................................................6
2. CONDENSATION ...............................................................................................................7
3. PRECIPITATION .................................................................................................................8
4. OUR CATCHMENT AREAS ..................................................................................................9
5. CAPE TOWN’S DAMS ....................................................................................................... 12
6. WHAT IS GROUNDWATER? ............................................................................................. 21
7. SURFACE RUNOFFS ......................................................................................................... 22
8. CAPE TOWN’S WATER TREATMENT WORKS .................................................................... 23
9. CAPE TOWN’S RESERVOIRS ............................................................................................. 28
10. OUR RETICULATION SYSTEMS...................................................................................... 32
11. CONSUMERS ............................................................................................................... 35
12. HOW WE TREAT WASTEWATER ................................................................................... 38
13. RE-USING TREATED WASTEWATER .............................................................................. 43
14. MARINE OUTFALLS ...................................................................................................... 45