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Suburb goes for 6 months without water
The Herald (Zimbabwe)
January 11, 2008

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SOME residents of Hatcliffe suburb have gone for six months without water owing to the frequent power outages and technical problems affecting the city water distribution system.

As a result residents are being forced to buy drinking water from institutions with boreholes or running taps such as the Hatcliffe Primary and Hatcliffe Secondary Schools, Arda Ninjo and Hatcliffe Agricultural Mechanisation and Engineering College.

A 20-litre bucket of water costs between $100 000 and $250 000 depending on the source.

Zinwa Harare distribution manager Engineer Hosiah Chisango said the authority was aware of the Hatcliffe problem, which he said, was a result of the expansion of suburb.

"The problem of Hatcliffe is a bit complicated as it stems from two things; the location of the suburb and fact that the residential area has outgrown the reservoir.

The reservoir was designed for a smaller population but the expansion of the area has not been matched by infrastructural development.

"In the past we used to pump water to fill Hatcliffe reservoir once every four days but presently we have to continuously pump water there. Any disturbance in the pumping system has an adverse effect on the availability of water in the suburb. "Even when there is water in the tank some areas will not get water because the pressure in reservoir can not supply all sections," he said.

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