- 18 Jan 2006, 14:46
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The Dar es Salaam Water Supply Company (Dawasco) has warned its customers in the city to brace for an acute shortage of water in the near future.
In a statement released yesterday, Dawasco hinted that water rationing was in the offing.
Presently, the water stations at Ruvu Juu and Ruvu Chini are operating below capacity following reduced water regimes in Ruvu and Kiziga Rivers due to prevailing drought in Coast and Morogoro regions, the statement said.
Ruvu Juu station, which has the capacity to produce 81,000 cubic litres of water per day, is currently producing 60,000 cubic litres, while Ruvu Chini with a capacity for 182,000 liters per day can only produce 120,000 litres, the statement said.
’This is an indication that there is no way we can guarantee uninterrupted water supply to our customers before the long rains begin in April,’ Dawasco chief executive Alex Kaaya is quoted as saying in the statement.
However, he said that Dawasco had taken precautionary measures and would use the numerous wells in the city should the situation worsen, it added.
’I would like to advise our customers to use the water that is available economically and for basic needs only. City residents should also help to expose people who engage in illegal water connections and interfere with the flow of water,’ the CEO said.
SOURCE: Guardian
2006-01-18 08:15:38
By Gerald Kitabu
In a statement released yesterday, Dawasco hinted that water rationing was in the offing.
Presently, the water stations at Ruvu Juu and Ruvu Chini are operating below capacity following reduced water regimes in Ruvu and Kiziga Rivers due to prevailing drought in Coast and Morogoro regions, the statement said.
Ruvu Juu station, which has the capacity to produce 81,000 cubic litres of water per day, is currently producing 60,000 cubic litres, while Ruvu Chini with a capacity for 182,000 liters per day can only produce 120,000 litres, the statement said.
’This is an indication that there is no way we can guarantee uninterrupted water supply to our customers before the long rains begin in April,’ Dawasco chief executive Alex Kaaya is quoted as saying in the statement.
However, he said that Dawasco had taken precautionary measures and would use the numerous wells in the city should the situation worsen, it added.
’I would like to advise our customers to use the water that is available economically and for basic needs only. City residents should also help to expose people who engage in illegal water connections and interfere with the flow of water,’ the CEO said.
SOURCE: Guardian
2006-01-18 08:15:38
By Gerald Kitabu
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