The University of Cape Town (UCT) tracks its overall water consumption volume  across its campuses by two means – 1) Municipal accounts which provide water volumes and 2) Via the university’s own water meters. The university also captures and reuses rainwater on three sites, one at the d-school (which is metered, and one at the New Engineering building which is not metered and one at the Upper Campus storm water retention pond (the UCT dam), which is metered.

UCT has developed a sustainable water management strategy, the executive summary of  which is available online, which states the importance of measuring and monitoring water consumption, and notes how the installation of water meters was to be a first of several enabling projects that would allow the university to manage water in a sustainable manner. UCT then installed roughly 100 additional water meters in 2023 as a result, targeting buildings with the highest water consumption. All water consumption data then is viewable and tracked via an online metering dashboard (both for water and electricity). Further water saving projects were implemented including low flow fittings to 15 residences and the design of a sewage water recycling project next to Kopano Residence, for which the design was completed and submitted to the City of Cape Town for planning approval in 2024. Construction started in 2025 and is well underway. UCT does not currently consume water from aquifers, but this is a possible consideration during emergency drought situations, if the city were to implement severe water restrictions again in future. UCT does not extract or consume water from rivers or lakes.

Thus evidence exists that UCT monitors potable water consumption from mains supply and implements reduction strategies.