Zimbabwe: Dry Taps for Harare Suburbs Till Weekend

3 October 2012

HARARE'S western and parts of southern suburbs will have no water until weekend owing to a major pipe burst within the Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Plant.

Water shortages pose a great health risk high-density suburbs. Each time the suburbs run dry, residents resort to fetching water from unprotected sources. The unavailability of water means residents would not be able to use toilets while schools, clinics and shopping centres without borehole water might be forced to close. Harare water director Eng Christopher Zvobgo announced the water crisis yesterday.

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