The city’s water treatment plants are constantly undergoing rehabilitation with the aim of realizing the target of 536 megalitres a day by the end of the year.
Acting Director of Harare Water Eng Victor
The city’s water treatment plants are constantly undergoing rehabilitation with the aim of realizing the target of 536 megalitres a day by the end of the year.
Acting Director of Harare Water Eng Victor Musikavanhu said currently water production was hovering between 390 mega litres a day to 410 mega litres a day.
“We are targeting to produce 336ML/D by year end hence the need for the on-going rehabilitation of filters and clarifiers at Morton Jaffray Water Works,” he said.
Zesa load-shedding at various pump stations within residential areas as well as isolation of various sections of the network is however affecting water supply coverage.
A number of suburbs are going for weeks without water and electricity.
According to Harare Water Department Service Delivery Report for The Month of February 2023 shortage of pipe materials for pipe burst repairs had also adversely affected coverage as some portions went closed for several weeks.
Acting Director of Harare Water Eng Victor Musikavanhu reported that a total of 2 353 blockages were cleared out of a total of 2415 blockages indicating 97.4 percent cleared chokes of reported blockages.
“Waste water treatment plants continued to be monitored for environmental compliance to EMA standards.
“The Acting Director of Harare Water reported that the total water production for the month ending 28th February 2023 was 8, 101, 395 ml. There was a small increase in water produced as compared to the month of January 2023.”
“The chemical supply challenges were yet to be resolved as Zimphos was still to sustain Council`s daily aluminum requirements and work on the proposed Chlorine Dioxide technology was still to be completed.”
He said the total chemical cost for December 2022 was US$ 971 024.89 bringing the average chemical cost for a cubic meter to US$ 0.12.
