Harare City Council is set to construct a new wastewater treatment plant in Mabvuku.
Speaking at a Water Conference convened by Water Alliance, acting Harare Water director Eng Mabhena Moyo said the increase in Harare’s population required new treatment plants. Said Moyo:
Our treatment plants are currently overloaded and we need to build additional plants to ease the pressure. On average, 21 tonnes of sand are extracted from our wastewater treatment plants. This is because residents are using sand as scouring material. The sand is blocking our reticulation system. We receive at least 120 complaints of sewer chokes every day. The treatment plants are also overloaded resulting in a deficit of 200 megalitres of unprocessed sewage in the system per day.
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