THE Southern Water and Sewerage Company Limited has finally restored water supply to all Police Camps in the Province.
This follows a part payment of about K149 million towards the outstanding water bills for Police amounting to about K327 million by government.
Managing Director Alfred Masupha said in a press statement release to ZANIS in Choma, that water supply has since been restored to all Police Camps in Southern Province.
The commercial water utility company disconnected water supply to all police camps in August this year in a bid to recover outstanding debts in unsettled water bills.
“The outstanding amount for all Police camps in the province was about K327 million as at September 30, 2009 and the payment made leaves the police with an outstanding balance of about K178 Million,” Mr Masupha said.
The Managing Director thanked Government for intervening saying the move has greatly helped both the Police in the province and the Company.
He noted that the payment made would assist Southern Water and Sewerage Company Limited continue providing a sustainable service to its consumers in the Province and meet its obligations with suppliers and service providers while at the same time, the restoration of water supply to Police Camps would help prevent outbreaks of diseases especially that the rainy season was just around the corner.
Mr. Masupha reiterated that it was not the desire of Southern Water and Sewerage Company Limited to withdraw water supply from its customers but that this was only done when all other available options proved futile.
He encouraged the Police to ensure that the outstanding bill of about K178 Million was quickly paid to avoid being disconnected again and also to ensure that the bill did not accrue to levels that would be difficult to manage by the Police in the Province.
Meanwhile Southern Water and Sewerage Company Limited has received and installed a new coupling that had broken down on one of the pumps at the raw water intake in Livingstone causing a strain on the smooth water supply regime in the Tourist capital in the last fortnight.
The installation of the third pump at the Zambezi Raw Water Intake is meant to help normalise the water supply regime in the City of Livingstone.
[ZANIS]
