#DayZero: Plans for extra desalination plants at tender stage - City
31 January 2018
Cape Town - Cape Town's deputy mayor Ian Nielson says plans to build additional desalination plants in the city are currently at tender stage and could be announced in the next few weeks.
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane held a press conference on Tuesday, along with members of the City of Cape Town's drought crisis team.
Residents were told on Tuesday that their response to the imminent arrival of Day Zero has pushed the date back four days, from April 12 to April 16.
Neilson, who recently replaced mayor Patricia de Lille as head of the city's response to the crisis, said plans were afoot to add more plants to the three already commissioned.