Water supply has became erratic from the past month and Harare City Council (HCC) has made a statement on water supply status as of Tuesday.
The statement said that the City of Harare is advising residents and stakeholders that water production at Morton Jaffray averaged 230 megalitres and Prince Edward 80 mega litres giving total of 310ML over the past 24 hours.
The statement also elaborated why some areas were not having piped water “Western suburbs of Dzivarasekwa, Kuwadzana ,Glenview and Glen Norah are accessing water with low pressure especially in elevated areas. Westlea, Warren Park and Kambuzuma accessed water although pressure was low. Budiriro will start receiving water on Thursday in some areas”, read the statement.
“Marlborough and Mabelreign had very low pressure and areas which receive water from reservoirs were mostly affected. Sentosa had no water owing to power challenges at Avondale pump station which did not allow pumping into Emerald Hill. Supplies will be anticipated to resume on Thursday afternoon as we have closed to build up Alex reservoir”, added HCC.
The CBD, Avondale and parts of Westlea are receiving water. Sunningdale, Mbare and Waterfalls are affected by low pressure but some are accessing.Mabvuku, Tafara, Msasa Park and Greendale started receiving water yesterday noted HCC
Highlands, Borrowdale, Mt Pleasant and Hatcliffe are not receiving water at the moment. Supplies are expected to improve as chemical stocks improve and other mechanisms for equitable distribution are being explored.
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