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HARARE City Council has commissioned 3 000 taps in Hopley, a move that has brought relief to the residents and is also aimed at curbing the spread of cholera.
The project is being funded by the Embassy of Netherlands, through an entity called Vitens.
Vitens is the biggest Dutch drinking water company.
For the past few years, Hopley residents were being forced to resort to buying dirty water from those lucky enough to have wells in their yards.
Harare Mayor, Jacob Mafume, said their target was to put 9 000 taps by the end of August.
“There is water, it’s not adequate yes, but we have it and these folks have it 6 days a week,” he said.
“It’s our commitment under the whole of government approach, I do not govern alone without central government.”
Mafume reassured residents that the water is safe for consumption.
“We supply water to close to a million people, Harare, Chitungwiza, Norton, Ruwa and Epworth,” he said.
“They have no resources nor money to boil water all of them, we just have to supply potable water.”
The Dutch Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Margret Verwijk, said so far over 2000 households have access to the water.
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