SETTLERS RETIREMENT VILLAGES

BCM Load Shedding

BCM Water Restrictions.

BCM Stage 3 Water Restrictions
Restrictions from 1 January 2020:
We must achieve a 35% saving in consumption.
Failure to achieve this will incur punitive tariffs.

In addition to Stage 2 restrictions below, Stage 3 further limits the following:
Garden watering before 9:am of after 6:00pm and only for 30 minutes.
Washing or hosing down hard surfaces is forbidden.
Written BCM permission is required to fill swimming pools.
Rainwater or grey water must be used for toilet flushing.

Summary of Stage 2 Restrictions (November 2019):
*Residents will have to get written permission from BCM to refill, or empty, their swimming pools and washing clothes at communal taps will be forbidden as will filling water tanks.
*Motorists will not be allowed to wash their cars more than once a week, while windows are not to be washed unless there are exceptional circumstances.
*Water must not be used to clean paved areas unless there are exceptional circumstances;
*Fountains must be switched off;
*Ponds may only be topped up using a hand-held hose fitted with a trigger nozzle, a bucket or a watering can;
*No sprinklers or other irrigation systems may be used;
*Lawns and plants may only be watered from 7-10am using a hand-held hose fitted with a trigger nozzle, a bucket, watering can or a dripper system;
*Water storage tanks, dams and lakes can only be filled or topped up with non-potable water;
*Cars must be washed on lawns when washed in residential areas and not more than once a week;
*Commercial car washes can wash any cars on condition they recycle the water and have an exemption allowing for use of potable water..