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GWERU City Council will soon introduce door-to-door water distribution as well as sinking 31 boreholes to mitigate the perennial water shortages that have dogged the city for years. The main source, Gwenoro Dam is now at 1,2 percent capacity while Amapongokwe Dam is at 41 percent capacity. White Waters Dam which could only supply 1 000 cubic metres of water per day instead of the designed 4 000 cubic metres is at 73 percent.
In an interview, assistant to the town clerk in charge of public relations, Mr Tapiwa Marerwa said the local authority needed $138 000 to enable it to sink the 31 boreholes across the city.
“We have already identified the sites on which the boreholes will be drilled. However, we are facing financial challenges therefore we are in the process of sourcing a $138 000 loan facility to drill the boreholes. Once we secure the money drilling will commence,” he said.
Mr Marerwa said the council will soon fit a 5 000-litre-water tank on one of its trucks that would be used for the door-to-door water distribution to areas where there is serious water challenges among them Mkoba Village 19 which went for few years without water. “We have acquired a vehicle which will move around with a 5 000-litre tank distributing water to residents in areas where there are acute water shortages due to water shedding. However, we are still to fit the tank on the truck that would be used to distribute water,” he said.
Mr Marerwa said the city’s main source of water Gwenhoro was now on 1,2 percent capacity and the local authority could no longer draw water from it.
He said the city was now drawing water from Amapongokwe Dam which was on 41 percent capacity.
“We are now drawing water from Amapongokwe Dam which is supplying 90 percent of the city’s daily consumption. However, its capacity can only sustain the city for only two months. The city has a daily consumption of 34 000 cubic metres while the demand is around 57 000 cubic metres,” he said.
Mr Marerwa said the local authority was also contemplating recycling water used for the cleaning of the filters at the city’s treatment plant.
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