The Director-General of the Department of Water and Sanitation has, in terms of item 6(1) of schedule 3 to the NWA, limited the taking of water that feeds the major dams and is taken from the Western Cape Water Supply System (including ell areas within the Berg-Olifants and Breeds - Gouritz Water Management Areas) by all users by a 20% curtailment on all water use in the aforementioned areas.