WASHINGTON DC— Zimbabwe’s Masvingo town has been hit by a water crisis, forcing more than 36,000 residents to fetch the precious liquid from a polluted local river.

According to Prosper Tiringindi of Masvingo Residents Trust, told Studio 7 water taps have been dry for more than a week owing to burst pipes and poor water management in the town.

“Some stranded people in Rujeko township are now fetching water from the Mucheke River and we believe that they are in danger of contracting water borne diseases,” said Tiringindi.

Interview With Prosper Tiringindi on Masvingo Water Woes

He said the local authority should take swift action to avert an outbreak of diseases in the town.

Masvingo mayor Ubert Fidze said the water crisis is being caused by old burst pipes and the council is trying its best to address the situation.

Interview With Ubert Fidze on Masvingo Water Problems

https://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/36000-masvingo-residents-facing-water-crisis

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Related:

https://www.ajol.info/index.php/zjh/article/view/58616

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272458791_River_Pollution_in_the_City_of_Masvingo_A_Complex_Issue

https://www.scinapse.io/papers/2758536905

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.513.3298&rep=rep1&type=pdf

https://www.ecsdev.org/images/V1N2/makwara%20151-182.pdf

https://www.newsday.co.zw/2016/08/ema-raises-concern-mucheke-river-pollution/

https://masvingo.opencouncil.co.zw/council-fights-mucheke-river-pollution/

https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=79310

https://www.radiovop.com/polluted-mucheke-river-water-totally-unusable/

Details attached below cite October 2011 as the start of victimization by diarrhoea and typhoid.

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