Zimbabwe: 'Wetlands Destruction Threatens City's Water Supply'

1 December 2014

The continued destruction of Harare's wetlands poses a serious threat to the city's future water supply, a council official has warned. Speaking recently at the launch of a children's guidebook on the environment titled "'Little Green Ambassador" in Harare, Councillor Christopher Mbanga said the destruction of wetlands would result in serious water shortages for the city which was already reeling from a shortage of the precious liquid.

"If we keep on occupying our wetlands at the rate at which we are invading them there will be no water for the City of Harare in the future," he said.

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