Bulawayo City Council has advised residents against drinking borehole water claiming that it could be contaminated, and its bacterial content is not known. Bulawayo has faced water challenges for some time resulting from low water levels in some supply dams and a shortage of water treatment chemicals. A council report says
Borehole water was naturally salty because it was drawn from deep-down the ground and the degree of saltiness would depend on the nature of rocks in the water table from which it was drawn from.
Bacteriological quality of borehole water could not be guaranteed since the water was untreated and subject to contamination at any time from environmental factors like sewer overflows and bacteriological contaminated soil. Residents were therefore advised to boil borehole water before drinking.
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