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Article: ZIMBABWE: AGING PIPES LEAD TO WATER SHORTAGE IN HARARE.
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- Interpress Service
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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by Tonderai Kwidini*
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Jul. 31, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Taps in Zimbabwe's capital are running dry, even though the city's main supply dams are more than 60 percent full.
More than half of Harare's 3 million inhabitants are now experiencing water shortages, and residents are resorting to desperate measures to find supplies, even though figures from the Zimbabwe National Water Authority show that the city has plenty of water.
Carrying a large bucket to work has become a daily task for Tedious Marembo, who is employed as a cleaner at a block of government offices in the city. This building is never without water because it houses three ...