Bulawayo water cuts continue as city works to refill reservoirs

By Patricia Sibanda | 4h ago

BULAWAYO, SEPT 14, (SOUTHERN EYE LIVE): Live )-Bulawayo residents will continue to experience water supply interruptions into the weekend as the city works to build up reservoir levels following electrical faults that disrupted pumping.

Town clerk Christopher Dube said electrical faults experienced by experienced last week affected both pumping to water treatment works and reservoirs.

"The City of Bulawayo would like to advise residents and stakeholders that, further to the notice published on Tuesday, 8th September 2026 on water supply interruptions, the city continues to experience water supply challenges across all areas," Dube said.

According to Dube, faults on the ZETDC Fernhill and Nyamandlovu lines affected the city’s water system.

"The electrical faults experienced during the week on the ZETDC line at Fernhill and on the Nyamandlovu line affected both pumping to the water treatment works and reservoirs leading to low levels," he said.

Dube said while ZETDC has since rectified the faults and pumping has resumed, the damage to the schedule has already been done.

"While the ZETDC has rectified the faults and pumping has resumed, these led to the disruption of the water shedding programme," Dube said.

The city is now working to restore normalcy by refilling reservoirs drained during the period of interrupted pumping.

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"The City of Bulawayo is currently in the process of building up the water supply reservoirs and water supplies are slowly being restored," Dube said.

The town clerk projected that residents should see an improvement in supplies at the start of this week.

"It is anticipated that by Monday, 14th September 2026 all reservoirs would have gained sufficient levels to enable adherence to the water shedding programme," Dube said.

Residents have been urged to continue using water sparingly as the city works to restore the shedding programme to its regular schedule.