Published by the government of Zimbabwe
5 November 2008
Masvingo — THE city of Masvingo has been without tap water for the past three days following a technical fault at the pumping station on the shores of Lake Mutirikwi.
Residents fear that if the fault is not attended to soon, there might be an outbreak of cholera as some residents have begun drawing water from unclean sources.
However, repair work was reported to be underway at the pumping station.
Yesterday, council was busy looking for water bowsers from Zinwa and the nearby Nemamwa Growth Point to supply residents and strategic institutions such as hospitals with water.
Masvingo mayor Alderman Femias Chakabuda was hopeful supplies would be restored soon.
"We are trying by all means possible to repair the broken-down water pump but in the interim we are mobilising water bowsers from Zinwa and Nemamwa Growth Point to make sure that we supply residents with clean water as they have not had supplies for the past two days," he said.
Masvingo, with a population of nearly 100 000 people, draws its water from Lake Mutirikwi, the country's largest inland dam.
However, supplies have of late been erratic due to rising demand and a critical shortage of water purification chemicals, which are imported from South Africa.
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