Municipal
Reporter, The Herald
Harare
City Council says residents should expect improvement in water supply at the
end of the year when it adds 100 mega litres to the current 250 mega litres per
day being produced. However, this would still be a far cry from the 1 200 mega
litres required daily.
Speaking
during a stakeholders workshop at Morton Jaffray in Harare yesterday, Harare
Water director Eng Christopher Zvobgo, said when the infrastructure
rehabilitation under the $144 million loan from China is complete, the city's
water supplies would double.
"We
are currently producing 250 mega litres against a design capacity of
704 mega
litres. We are expecting to add 100 mega litres by December as we continue the
rehabilitation exercise. Our target is to provide water seven days a week non
stop to residents by 2020.
However,
we will need additional water sources. We also expect to increase revenue by $7
million," he said.
Eng
Zvobgo said even at full capacity, Morton Jaffray could not provide sufficient
water as the demand was more than 1000 mega litres, adding that the capital's
long-term water needs would be met through the construction of new water
sources, with the Kunzvi, Musami and Muda dams being planned projects.
He said
two new dams would have a design capacity of 750 mega litres a day and this
would increase the current water treatment capacity to 1 450 mega litres a day.
"We
also intend to construct two hydroelectric plants producing a total of 60
megawatts of energy and two new water plants to support the delivery of water
to Harare, Chitungwiza and neighbouring municipalities," he said.
The city
also intended to develop a new infrastructure management system to enhance the
overall management of water services system and an effective revenue management
system inclusive of smart meters to ensure the effective collection of revenues
and the management of the water grid.
Eng
Zvobgo said the total costs of implementing the Water Services Delivery Master
Plan was estimated at $2,95 billion. The workshop was attended by residents
associations, commuter omnibus associations, Consumer Council of Zimbabwe and
other organisations.
Thanks for that info, we in Chisipite haven't had a drop in 5 years -- any hope for us?
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