Japan to design Chitungwiza water, sewer master plan

enable it and other partners to make interventions in the rehabilitation and upgrading of the town’s water and sewer reticulation.
The drawing of the master plan would be done over two years beginning this year.
A parallel programme to capacitate the town’s employees to run the water and sewer infrastructure and a residents’ awareness campaign on hygiene would be done.
The municipality does not have a water and sewer master plan, making it very difficult for engineers and engineers to trace and fix the reticulation system.
Last week officials from Jaica, Japan, South Africa and Zimbabwe signed an agreement with the Gover-nment and the municipality to begin the project.
Local Government, Rural and Urban Development secretary, Mr Kilian Mpingo, signed on behalf of Government with town clerk, Mr Godfrey Tanyanyiwa, doing so for Chitungwiza. Mr Seki Tomohiro, Jaica’s deputy resident representative, signed on behalf of the development organisation. The assistance follows a request by the municipality through Government.
“Jaica will do the master plan and feasibility study and will run a pilot project. The master plan will be the base for a better future for the people of Chitungwiza,” said Mr Tomohiro.
Chitungwiza director of engineering services, Eng Alfonse Tinofa, said the master plan would detail what should be done in the next five years to improve the water and sewer situation.
“They will also study existing conditions and how to improve them in the next 20 years in relation to the town’s population,” he said.
Mr Mpingo thanked Jaica for the assistance adding that the help would eliminate existing problems.
“The situation in Chitungwiza warrants rapid intervention,” he said.
Chitungwiza is one of the densely populated cities and has always been facing challenges in dealing with its water and sewer systems.