Cape Town, South Africa has enough water to last until July, thanks to a combination of rain and water-conservation measures put in place as it looked like the city was going dry.

South Africa's second most-populated city isn't out of danger just yet, but it's a big improvement from a few weeks ago when authorities sent out the red alert that the water would run out on 14 April.  "Day Zero" - the day when officials expect there isn't enough water to send down pipes to customers - has since been delayed a number of times, most recently to 9 July.

Cape Town has cut its water consumption to 523 million liters a day, which is less than half of what it was before the drought began four years ago.  But officials still want to cut it further, to 450 million liters per day.  Farmers in Western Cape Province have also diverted enough water to give the city another 19 days of water. 

But residents are being told they cannot ease up on their water conservation efforts, and the city is fining anyone caught using more than 50 liters per person per day - and that's for everything, meaning cleaning, bathing, cooking, and flushing.  "We cannot afford to slow down when the estimated Day Zero date moves out, simply because we cannot accurately predict the volume of rainfall still to come or when it will come," said Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson.