"Stop drinking borehole water": Harare City Council tells residents

Acting Harare City Council town clerk Josephine Ncube said that council water is safer than borehole water and that residents should stop drinking borehole water.

Said Ncube:

We assure residents that our water is safe. Residents should desist from going to boreholes because some of them have contaminated water. We had to decommission some boreholes, especially at Matapi flats. We have about $8 million in our budget for pipe replacement next year. This year work has started and is progressing well. We start in areas that are really bad and we need to replace three-quarters. We expect the pace to increase next year.

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