BULAWAYO – The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has embarked on a 24-hour water rationing schedule to try and manage diminishing stocks of the necessity in the city’s supply dams.
In a statement Monday, the authority said the move to ration its tap water was also brought by the pending decommissioning of the Umzingwane Dam this month.
“The City of Bulawayo would like to advise members of the public that due to continued deteriorating water situation in the city’s supply dams and projection of the decommissioning of the Umzingwane Dam during the month of June, a 24-hour water shedding will be implemented with effect from Monday 13, 2022,” said the city.
According to the proposed schedule, some suburbs will experience water cuts from 7.30 am with restoration set to be done the following day at the same time.
For ages now, authorities have battled to remedy city’s perennial water woes that have often seen City Hall decree punishing water shedding schedules to save the resource.
The drastic move has often backfired with waterborne diseases reported in some parts of the city before.
Government is keen to see a lasting solution to the crisis with the ongoing Gwayi-Shangani dam project expected to bring an end to the situation.
Contractors have started work to install the 245 km Gwayi-Shangani-Bulawayo pipeline.
