Treasury Releases US$1 Million For Kunzvi–Harare Water Pipeline

Treasury released an additional US$1 million towards the construction of the Kunzvi–Harare water pipeline, bringing total funding so far to just over US$4.18 million, a ZINWA official has said.

The 48-kilometre pipeline is designed to carry raw water from Kunzvi to a treatment plant to be built at Donnybrook in eastern Harare.

Once complete, the pipeline is expected to deliver up to 240 megalitres of water a day, helping to ease the city’s long-standing water shortages.

ZINWA’s resident engineer for the project, Johanne Mwase, said the latest funding has already enabled the completion of about 3km of the pipeline. He said:

“We have received US$1 million this year from the Treasury to continue with our operations. We have procured pipes for the next 3km, so at the moment we are at 9 percent completion.

“We were at 2,5 km before we received these funds. Per month, we will be laying 1km. About 5km of the pipeline route has been cleared and set out for excavation and pipe delivery on site.”

Officials say the dam is now around 70 percent complete and has already started holding water.

Marjorie Munyonga, ZINWA’s corporate communications and marketing manager, said resettlement and social mitigation measures are in progress to support households displaced by the dam.

She added that 144 houses have been built on the Murehwa side and another 24 on the Goromonzi side, with families set to be relocated as part of the project’s compensation and relocation programme.

More: The Herald

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