Published by the government of Zimbabwe
23 May 2008
Harare — ZINWA has for the second time in two weeks reduced water production by 30 percent after running out of treatment chemicals.
Two weeks ago, the authority reduced water production by 20 percent only to resume pumping at full capacity early this week before cutting down again yesterday.
The authority's spokesperson Mrs Marjorie Munyonga said the authority had been forced to cut down on water production after the water chemical supply situation fluctuated downwards on Tuesday.
"We would have been comfortable with more loads per week but at the moment we are receiving only one load which lasts us only eight hours," she said.
Mrs Munyonga said they were battling to get sodium silicate and were now using an alternative chemical to ensure the standards of water do not deteriorate.
The authority, she said, has also reviewed the water demand management following challenges with chemicals and infrastructure and this has reduced supplies in suburbs such as Borrowdale, Mt Pleasant Heights, parts of Highlands, Kambanji, Greendale, Mabvuku, Msasa Park, Glen Lorne among others.
She said there were high level consultations being held between the authority on one hand and Government, various captains of industry, regional consultants and potential financiers on how to stabilise water supply without compromising quality.
The authority, Mrs Munyonga said, held consultations with South African chemical producers last month and one of them agreed to supply liquid aluminium sulphate.
"Government has been on the forefront in as far as financially supporting operations of the authority is concerned but we welcome other stakeholders to be part of developments taking shape and go as far as investing in various water related programmes that could enhance service delivery," she said.
The Minister of Water Resources and Infrastructural Development Engineer Munacho Mutezo last week met with various water development consultants to discuss Harare's infrastructure and help establish areas that needed urgent upgrading in order to improve water supply, particularly Harare.
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