City council cuts water supply in Harare

(24 Sep 2019) Tempers flared on Tuesday as more than two million residents of Zimbabwe's capital and surrounding towns found themselves without water after authorities shut down the main treatment plant, raising new fears about disease after a cholera outbreak while the economy crumbles even more.
Officials in Harare have struggled to raise foreign currency to import water treatment chemicals; about $2.7 million (US) is needed per month.
Meanwhile, water levels in polluted reservoirs are dropping because of drought.
For residents who have seen shortages of everything from medicines to bread to petrol in recent months, the latest indignity brought weariness and disgust.
Harrare resident, Hatineyi Kamwanda said people had woken up at 4am to queue for water.
Whilst 12-year-old, Dylan Kaitano said he couldn't go to school where the toilet facilities were "just too filthy".
Harare's deputy mayor Enock Mupamaonde said the water situation was "dire."
Zimbabwe once was a bright spot in southern Africa and a regional breadbasket but the economy has collapsed in recent years, and foreign currency is hard to come by.
Prices for many basic items continue to rise, and the public health care system falters as some doctors and others say they can hardly afford the commute to work.
As services largely collapse, many Harare residents in recent months have found themselves lining up at wells in the middle of the night for water or lighting their homes by candle or mobile phone.
The deepening frustrations have exploded more than once into protests that have swiftly been followed by sometimes violent government crackdowns.
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[@johnb3816]

Tell them to move near the water and boil it before use

[@glokapf9113]

Same dams. Nothing working