“It is illegal to sell water” Water and Sanitation Department spokesman Sputnik Ratau said – South Africa – Cape Town âŠ. Meantime, with water rationing underway, and dire warnings of âday zeroâ when supply will run completely dry, enterprising profiteers are taking advantage of the shortage. Water restrictions, threats of prosecution and a sense of panic have some residents willing to pay for alternative water supplies for gardening, swimming pools and flushing toilets. Water and Sanitation Department spokesman Sputnik Ratau said the government was the custodian or trustee of water resources, including dams, rivers, lakes, pans, wetlands and groundwater. âIt is illegal to sell water. The only case in which water is sold legally is as bottled water,â he [âŠ] “It is illegal to sell water” Water and Sanitation Department spokesman Sputnik Ratau said – South Africa – Cape TownDME GmbH2017-10-21T12:30:40+02:00