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THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is mulling over the introduction water flow limiters as part of its strategies to manage the use of the natural resource.
Flow limiters/restrictors are gadgets installed on a water tap to limit the flow of water from one’s tap without reducing water pressure.
The country’s second largest city, which has had its own perennial water challenges, has since been forced to disconnect water supplies to households that have defaulted on bill payments.
The move, seen as an infringement on citizens’ right to access clean water, has been blocked by courts of law that have ruled that local authorities have to seek their indulgence to carry out water disconnections.
According to the latest council minutes, the water restricting gadgets will assist residents saddled with council debt.
Bulawayo mulls introduction of water limiters - NewZimbabwe.com
In another city (Harare) the water is cut off for the weekend to clean the algae out of the water supply. They want to start rationing water making it available only 3 days a week.
Flow limiters/restrictors are gadgets installed on a water tap to limit the flow of water from one’s tap without reducing water pressure.
The country’s second largest city, which has had its own perennial water challenges, has since been forced to disconnect water supplies to households that have defaulted on bill payments.
The move, seen as an infringement on citizens’ right to access clean water, has been blocked by courts of law that have ruled that local authorities have to seek their indulgence to carry out water disconnections.
According to the latest council minutes, the water restricting gadgets will assist residents saddled with council debt.
Bulawayo mulls introduction of water limiters - NewZimbabwe.com
In another city (Harare) the water is cut off for the weekend to clean the algae out of the water supply. They want to start rationing water making it available only 3 days a week.
