{"id":14677,"date":"2019-10-11T17:41:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T15:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=14677"},"modified":"2019-10-11T17:41:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T15:41:46","slug":"water-problems-hit-masvingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo","title":{"rendered":"Water problems hit Masvingo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MASVINGO city council has resorted to supplying residents with water bowsers to curb the acute shortages of the precious liquid.<\/p>\n<p>The local authority has for the past two years struggled to adequately supply the over 200 000 population with portable water due to constant breakdowns as age takes its toll on the country\u2019s first urban settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Most residents now rely on borehole water which were drilled in the city by a\u00a0non-governmental organisation Oxfam, but the water quality was condemned by health experts as unsuitable for human consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Masvingo Town Clerk Edward Mukaratirwa in a statement Wednesday warned residents to brace for longer periods without water\u00a0after another fault developed at the Bushmead water works.<\/p>\n<p>He said the situation has been worsened by intermittent power supplies\u00a0and\u00a0the hot weather that has increased water demand.<\/p>\n<p>Mukaratirwa said council will provide some relief to residents by providing water bowsers in most affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCity of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masvingo\">Masvingo<\/a> wishes to advice that due to a fault in pumping equipment at the Bushmead intake pumping station, the pumping capacity is constrained to below normal<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the most affected areas being on high ground or at\u00a0the end of the water supply lines. The city will put in place measures to provide some relief including sending out water bowsers to the worst affected areas,\u201d reads the statement.<\/p>\n<p>However residents reacted angrily\u00a0to the announcement and accused the local authority of\u00a0sleeping on duty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should have upgraded their pumping equipment long back as the city\u2019s population was also growing,\u00a0naturally the demand of water was raising.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis water crisis has been with us for the past two years but nothing meaningful to change the situation is taking place,\u201d\u00a0said a resident.<\/p>\n<p>Masvingo is currently supplying residents with less than 20 mega litres of water a day against a demand of over 60 mega litres with officials at town house pinning their hopes on securing a US$50 million Chinese loan to upgrade its pumping equipment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MASVINGO city council has resorted to supplying residents with water bowsers to curb the acute shortages of the precious liquid. The local authority has for the past two years struggled to adequately supply the over 200 000 population with portable water due to constant breakdowns as age takes its toll on the country\u2019s first urban [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":11378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8],"tags":[224,226,314],"class_list":["post-14677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-head-lines","tag-council","tag-masvingo","tag-water-shortage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Water problems hit Masvingo - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Water problems hit Masvingo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MASVINGO city council has resorted to supplying residents with water bowsers to curb the acute shortages of the precious liquid. The local authority has for the past two years struggled to adequately supply the over 200 000 population with portable water due to constant breakdowns as age takes its toll on the country\u2019s first urban [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-11T15:41:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/07\/A-boy-drinks-water-a-t-a-borehole-donated-under-the-feeding-programme-in-Zvishavane.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Water problems hit Masvingo\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-11T15:41:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo\"},\"wordCount\":333,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/07\/A-boy-drinks-water-a-t-a-borehole-donated-under-the-feeding-programme-in-Zvishavane.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Council\",\"Masvingo\",\"Water shortage\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"head lines\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo\",\"name\":\"Water problems hit Masvingo - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/07\/A-boy-drinks-water-a-t-a-borehole-donated-under-the-feeding-programme-in-Zvishavane.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-11T15:41:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/07\/A-boy-drinks-water-a-t-a-borehole-donated-under-the-feeding-programme-in-Zvishavane.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/07\/A-boy-drinks-water-a-t-a-borehole-donated-under-the-feeding-programme-in-Zvishavane.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Water problems hit Masvingo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Water problems hit Masvingo - zimbabwe","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Water problems hit Masvingo","og_description":"MASVINGO city council has resorted to supplying residents with water bowsers to curb the acute shortages of the precious liquid. The local authority has for the past two years struggled to adequately supply the over 200 000 population with portable water due to constant breakdowns as age takes its toll on the country\u2019s first urban [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2019-10-11T15:41:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/07\/A-boy-drinks-water-a-t-a-borehole-donated-under-the-feeding-programme-in-Zvishavane.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Water problems hit Masvingo","datePublished":"2019-10-11T15:41:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo"},"wordCount":333,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/07\/A-boy-drinks-water-a-t-a-borehole-donated-under-the-feeding-programme-in-Zvishavane.jpg","keywords":["Council","Masvingo","Water shortage"],"articleSection":["all news","community","head lines"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo","name":"Water problems hit Masvingo - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/07\/A-boy-drinks-water-a-t-a-borehole-donated-under-the-feeding-programme-in-Zvishavane.jpg","datePublished":"2019-10-11T15:41:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/07\/A-boy-drinks-water-a-t-a-borehole-donated-under-the-feeding-programme-in-Zvishavane.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/07\/A-boy-drinks-water-a-t-a-borehole-donated-under-the-feeding-programme-in-Zvishavane.jpg","width":600,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/water-problems-hit-masvingo#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Water problems hit Masvingo"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}