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Water related pipe leaks escalate to 1315 in 2017 - BCC
05 Jan 2018 at 07:40hrs | Views
Bulawayo City Council in 2017 during November 2017 received a total of reports on water related jobs and attended to 1315 reports.
This is revealed in the latest council minutes amid indications that service lines totaled to 1111.
"The leaks were due to the continued ageing of the City's water reticulation pipes. Most of these leaks were on the were on the service connections, which were just before the meter. Most of these service connection were galvanized pipes which corroded quite easily," read the minutes.
"Leaks were done on valves whereas 31 leaks were done on hydrants. To date s a backlog of 890 water leaks. BCC intended to do some of the leaks under the AfDB Funded water mains renewal project in the Criterion and Magwegwe Reservoir."
The minutes states that the rest under Rifle Range zone would be done under BCC revenue funded project.
"Continuous blitz repairs of the leaks city wide were being done to reduce the backlog of leaks," reads the minutes.
This is revealed in the latest council minutes amid indications that service lines totaled to 1111.
"The leaks were due to the continued ageing of the City's water reticulation pipes. Most of these leaks were on the were on the service connections, which were just before the meter. Most of these service connection were galvanized pipes which corroded quite easily," read the minutes.
The minutes states that the rest under Rifle Range zone would be done under BCC revenue funded project.
"Continuous blitz repairs of the leaks city wide were being done to reduce the backlog of leaks," reads the minutes.
Source - Byo24News
