Urban dwellers should brace for more water shortages until December after government on Monday directed local authorities to tighten water supplies because of the drying water sources.

Water, Environment and Climate Change minister Oppah Muchinguri- Kashiri on Monday told reporters that councils should with immediate effect monitor water supplies to ensure that the precious liquid is conserved until the next raining season.
“Our existing water infrastructure needs to be well secured and gone are the days when we allowed leakages in our networks, and our water delivery pipe network must be closely monitored 24/7 so that we reduce unaccounted –for- water to the barest minimum ,” said Muchinguri.
“Our local authorities cannot continue to leave burst pipes of raw and treated water unattended and we advise that we plug all leaks in order to reduce unaccounted water and keep losses to the lowest figure possible”.
Muchinguri –Kashiri said all the country’s major sources of water are on average 51% full.
“As I speak some of the major dams are drying up for example in Manicaland Osborne dam stands at 33% full, Chesa and Mazowe in Mashonaland East 33% and 31% full respectively,. Seke and Kotwa East are 34% and 14% full. Chibero and Suri Suri dams in Mashonaland West are 29% and 35% full,” she said.