Bulawayo City Council to continue with its water rationing regime

THE Bulawayo City Council has put in place no measures to ease its water rationing regime despite the fact that the rain season came and go.

Bulawayo residents are getting used to a four-day (in some cases three day) a week water rationing schedule and this is continuing into yet another dry season.

With a permanent solution to the water crisis - a US$1,2 billion Chinese-sponsored pipeline from the Zambezi - still two years away from completion, Bulawayo authorities are asking residents to brace for tough times.

City bosses say all five dams are located in the Umzingwane Catchment area which was so far seen sporadic rainfall since the onset of the rain season last September.

In comparison, water sources in the northern parts of the country have seen a steady rise in water levels, with Lake Kariba said to be 64 percent full