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Remember Deketeke Herald Correspondent
With Harare’s Prince Edward water treatment plant, which relies on water from Seke and Harava Dams, switched off until these dams refill this season, Chitungwiza has lost much of its water supply and now relies on a much smaller supply from Harare’s larger but grossly overstretched Morton Jaffrey treatment plant.
Chitungwiza Municipality Acting Town Clerk Mr Japson Nemuseso said that the municipality still has issues providing its residents with clean, safe water.
“Chitungwiza Municipality takes note of concerns raised by residents over the worsening water supply crisis in the town. “The council is deeply worried that the residents are enduring difficult moments due to a situation caused by the decommissioning of Harare’s Prince Edward Water treatment plant,” he said.
Mr Nemuseso said that the decrease in supplies from Harare is the root of the issues Chitungwiza is experiencing.
“Please note that the supply from Harare was reduced starting from December 1 when the works at the Prince Edward plant temporarily stopped due to low dam levels and the drying up of reservoirs.
“Our water demand is 70 megalitres per day, and from November 1 to 30, we received a daily average of 12 megalitres.
Mr Nemuseso said that our issue has gotten worse since the supply from Prince Edward Water treatment plant was switched to the Morton Jaffray plant.
“Every household was getting water for one or two days after a 12-day cycle. The situation negatively impacted our service delivery.
“Before the Prince Edward Plant decommissioned last week we received 1.2 megalitres. In light of the situation Harare switched us to the Morton Jaffray plant.
Mr Nemuseso has urged the people living there to use water from their boreholes in order to lessen the cholera crisis.
“We are now receiving water for three days but that is not enough to meet the demand. We encourage residents to use borehole facilities in the town,” he said.
“They are maintained by the council staff. We also urge you to quickly report if there are any challenges at the boreholes,” he said.
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