No swimming pool or aircon? The city says ‘no problem!’. Keeping cool this Summer shouldn’t be a problem with Cape Town’s introduction of five new recreational spray parks throughout the city.
The recreational spray parks will consist of various water spray features such as water guns and cannons, guaranteed to keep the little ones entertained in the scorching Summer sun.
If you’re worried about water restrictions, Anda Ntsodo, the city’s mayoral committee member for community services‚ says that these water parks use much less water than it takes to fill a swimming pool because the water will be re-circulated through the spray park, similar to that of a pool filtration system.
City’s water-wise spray parks ready for summer https://t.co/KPrV04m63g pic.twitter.com/ac6nWhW7Kc
— City of Cape Town (@CityofCT) October 3, 2016
The spray parks are situated at Khayelitsha‚ Nyanga‚ Valhalla Park‚ Ocean View and Scottsville, and will feature toddler sections as well as areas for older crowds.
Cooling off this Summer in Cape Town seems like no problem at all.
Photography courtesy City of Cape Town
It’s about time! So great!
Diane Hill U0001f60d the kids will LOVE it !
Sherla Amreen Dawood u see now u HAVE to come visit to bring Amani when she’s litttttttle bit older!! ??❤️
An we just foot the bill LOL
Right, so there are no longer water shortages then…………
What about home owners who may not water their gardens because of restrictions !??
Great idea the little ones will be safe too
Cobus Tromp ek sien al hu geniet Rourke dit!
And who pays for the water????
Awesome the kids will love it. Great idea
Adults stop being selfish and going on about who’s going to pay the bill and water restrictions etc. Think about how much the kids are going to enjoy it.
I think I’ll have a private one in my garden. …….don’t worry. I’ll be using the well point!
They have these in Folkstone Kent, and everyone loves them 🙂 🙂
Is it good if dam water levels are still low?
That’s awesome for the kids but why are we being threatened with water restrictions then?
Warren Reid for Matt!
So great that the water will be circulated to avoid wastage. And so wonderful for the community! Way to go, City of Cape Town!
The water gets recirculated….so it goes through some kind of piping system that treats it… like how a swimming pool does so there’s no water wastage
This pic is taken from valhalla park….im from bishop lavis and my kids used to play there a lot. …its lots of fun…
Paarl and Wellington could do with some of these!
Thank you DA!
what water are we gonna be using…i hope its sea water..if not where they gonna find this water
Jenelle Goudie look what you’re finally getting!
This is ridiculous. The world, never mind south Africa is in a crises over water. Yes the water will be recirculated, but plenty of water will evaporate.
So many people in your country don’t have access to clean water. Money should be used for that. This is a joke.
Where an wen
To all the people complaining: most of the children who will use these parks are from the poorest communities and are unable to afford or get to either a swimming pool or a beach. The spray parks cost a fraction to operate than a swimming pool. Please do not deny the children the pleasure they will get from these facilities during our very hot summer.
What about the water shortage??
Well done Cape Town. Lets keep families together and kids being kids! #letsplay
Let’s waste some more water shall we?
No Man. It’s a drought people.
Read the article ppl
Remind you of running under the sprinkler as kids?
Seriously?! Or is the water crisis over…
Where are they, I wonder?
In the middle of a water crisis. Wow.
This sends completely the wrong message
I wonder if the water can be recycled (if that’s the right terminology).