Helen
I think Anne and most residents of Cape Town are not asking you to predict whether we run out of water or not. We want to know what you are doing about the things that are in your control and in particular bringing new sources of supply on stream. This is where we believe the City/Province/ Govt are all falling down. You mention a case where money was spent on desalination and then was not required - people will forgive you if that happens next year. They won't forgive you for waiting until the last moment to implement solutions that should have been done months ago all because of City/Province/Govt ineptitude.

Also we would all prefer to hear from water engineers rather than politicians at this juncture.  We feel a little honesty would go a long way.