1.0Times South Africahttps://timessouthafrica.comweb deskhttps://timessouthafrica.com/author/webdesk0008/South Africans urged to use water sparingly - Times South Africarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nDex643TjY"><a href="https://timessouthafrica.com/south-africans-urged-to-use-water-sparingly/">South Africans urged to use water sparingly</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://timessouthafrica.com/south-africans-urged-to-use-water-sparingly/embed/#?secret=nDex643TjY" width="600" height="338" title="“South Africans urged to use water sparingly” — Times South Africa" data-secret="nDex643TjY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has called on South Africans to use water sparingly and adhere to water restrictions imposed in some municipalities. Water capacity at reservoirs nationally showed a slight decrease this week. “A weekly state of the reservoirs report issued … early this week shows that the volume of water stored ... Read more