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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>By James Muonwa, Mashonaland West Correspondent<\/b> – CHEGUTU residents who have experienced perennial water shortages, are set to heave a sigh of relief following installation of a transformer at the raw water source to feed into the town\u2019s supply dam.<\/p>\n

This will ensure uninterrupted all-year-round piped water.<\/p>\n

During the rainy season, Chegutu harnesses raw water from Mupfure river which is then pumped to fill Cliffton dam for use during dry spells.<\/p>\n

A Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) transformer situated along Mupfure river recently broke down resulting in council being unable to harvest water, a development that saw water levels recede in the supply dam.<\/p>\n

This inadvertently resulted in water shortages hitting most residential suburbs such as Pfupajena as council was treating and supplying way below the town\u2019s water demand.<\/p>\n

All this is set to end following the installation this week of a 1, 6 MVA transformer at Pooldam to pump into Cliffton dam at a rate of 0, 8 megalitres per hour.<\/p>\n

Chegutu Municipality\u2019s engineer Nyarumbu told NewZimbabwe.com, \u201cThe transformer is for the raw water supply. Chegutu\u2019s potable water comes from Cliffton Dam which is an off-river dam. Water is pumped from Mupfure river when it is flowing during the rainy season into Cliffton Dam.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dam can be only recharged by pumping using the transformer to be installed by ZESA. Currently, Cliffton Dam is not being recharged since the transformer is broken.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nyarumbu said the transformers at the water treatment plant and the raw water pump station owned by council were, however, functional.<\/p>\n

He said the town could have experienced water shortages, particularly during the coming dry season, if the problem was not rectified.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe impact of broken down transformer was going to be felt in the coming months if ZINWA failed to recharge Cliffton off-river dam.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chegutu West legislator, Dexter Nduna, was pleased with the latest development.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis marks a new chapter for Chegutu water supply which had reached \u2018dead water\u2019 stage\u2026our 500KVA transformer was down but now we appreciate the work by ZESA to replace by installing a 1, 6MVA,\u201d said Nduna.<\/p>\n

Chegutu Municipality, led by town clerk Alex Mandigo, has previously embarked on water augmentation projects, some funded by international development partners, but continues to fight crippling water woes.<\/p>\n

In the 2021 national budget, Treasury allocated a paltry $3, 5 million to the local authority for water and sewerage reticulation systems rehabilitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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