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*Gweru Goes 5 Days Without Water, Council Blames ZESA*

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Gweru has been without running water for five days thereby raising fears of a humanitarian disaster.

Taps ran dry across the whole city on Saturday due to a power outage at the city’s water supply source – Gwenhoro Dam which is situated 46km away from Gweru.

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Gweru mayor, Councilor Josiah Makombe said there was no electricity at Gwenhoro Dam following the power outage on Saturday morning. He said:

> There are some ZESA poles which collapsed along the power line to Gwenhoro Dam on Saturday. ZESA has been working on them.

> Because of the power outage, we haven’t been pumping water and that resulted in the taps running dry.

> ZESA is working flat out to address the fault line and we hope soon we will have water back.

People with boreholes on their properties especially in low-density suburbs such as Athlone, Lundi Park and Kopje have been selling the commodity for US$4 per 20litre bucket.

In high-density areas such as Mkoba 15, 18 and 21, those with wells which are mostly unprotected have also been selling water for at least US$2 per 20litre bucket.

*More: Chronicle*

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