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Article: Harare City Water Declared Safe To Drink
- Article from:
- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 10, 1996
CopyrightCopyright 1996 Xinhua English Newswire. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The water pumped into Harare and the environs from Morton Jaffray
waterworks near Lake Chivero in Harare is safe to drink.
The conclusion is the results from two independent laboratories
which show that there are no chemical poisons in the purified water
or in the lake itself.
Harare's Director of Health Services, Lovemore Mbengeranwa said
on
Tuesday that tests carried out by the University of Zimbabwe and the
Zimbabwe Regional Drug Control Laboratory showed no evidence of
chemical poisons in the water to city residents.
He said the water met all the requirements of the World Health
Organization and had no bacteria while the mineral content was low.
Harare residents are concerned ...