Project almost complete

intervention by the World Bank in response to the cholera epidemic that swept across Zimbabwe between 2007 and 2008.
Beitbridge town needs at least 15 000 cubic metres of water per day.
Engineers have completed repair­ing dam number one which could not store water because of several leak­ages. There are two dams supplying the Zinwa water treatment plant in Beit­bridge.
Speaking during a Participatory Health and Hygiene workshop held in Beitbridge yesterday, the town’s envi­ronmental health officer Mr Pio Muchena said the programme has three phases.
The phases include the water supply upgrading, sewer rehabili­tation and solid waste management and institu­tional strengthening.
It would also include residents on hygiene and environmental manage­ment issues.
“The major thrust of the project is to rehabilitate the existing facilities with regards to water sanitation, sewer retic­ulation, capacity building in terms of waste management. You will note that we have improved a lot in terms of water supply and the sewer reticulation systems.”
He said the council was implement­ing the final phase of the programme with the main objective of involving the community through capacity building and training programmes.