Gweru City Council has resolved to recommission water reservoirs in a bid to increase the city’s water storage capacity and supply adequate water to residents, a senior council official has said.
by Stephen Chadenga
The reservoirs, which have not been operational for more than a decade, affect pumping pressure and water distribution to residents.
Town clerk Daniel Matawu said the recommissioning of reservoirs in the Kopje area would enhance the water distribution system.
“The City of Gweru has resolved to recommission its Kopje reservoirs in a bid to augment its water storage capacity,” Matawu said.
“This will drastically enhance pressure within the distribution system, thus enabling all peripheral areas to receive adequate water.”
Over the years, residents in suburbs such as Mkoba 14 and Mkoba 19 have complained of dry taps as a result of reduced pressure.
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Chairperson of the commission running the affairs at Gweru City Council, Tsunga Mhangami, recently said there was an urgent need to rehabilitate the bulk water reservoirs to enable the city to adequately supply water.
Mhangami said because of power cuts, the city continued to face interruptions in water supplies as treated water was directly pumped from Gwenoro Dam.
“Because water is pumped directly from Gwenoro Dam to residents, it means whenever there are power cuts, there is interruption in pumping pressure, hence the recurrent shortages in the city,” he said.
“The ideal situation would be that water is pumped from supply dams to reservoirs and then from these reservoirs to residents.”
Besides water storage, the other major advantage of water reservoirs is that they ensure increased water pressure to areas where it is pumped.
