Harare Residents Trust urge council to cut down water leakages

Harare Residents Trust has challenged the Harare City Council to alleviate the problem of water leakages which is rocking  the city along the water supply network.

The trust said the City of Harare should drastically cut down on the leakages along the water distribution network where they report that a total of 60 percent is being lost through illegal water connections, leakages, thefts (City Budget speeches 2014 and 2015).

"The Finance and Development Committee Chairperson reported that 60 percent of the produced water is non revenue water. Of that, 30 percent is being used but not being paid for, and another 30 percent is lost due to illegal connections, faulty metering, leakages due to an aging water supply network and general water thefts," said the trust.