WASA imposes water-use restrictions from tomorrow

The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) will in­tro­duce wa­ter-use re­stric­tions from Mon­day as El Niño con­di­tions are ex­pect­ed to re­duce rain­fall and af­fect the re­plen­ish­ment of the coun­try’s wa­ter sources ahead of the 2027 dry sea­son.

The re­stric­tions take ef­fect at 12.01 am on No­vem­ber 16 and pro­hib­it cus­tomers from us­ing WASA-sup­plied wa­ter through hosepipes or sim­i­lar equip­ment, in­clud­ing sprin­klers and pres­sure wash­ers, to wa­ter pri­vate gar­dens or wash pri­vate mo­tor ve­hi­cles.

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WASA said the mea­sures were be­ing in­tro­duced ear­ly un­der its AquaFor­ward – A Na­tion­al Wa­ter Re­silience Ini­tia­tive, launched in Au­gust to strength­en the coun­try’s wa­ter sup­ply.