The Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) has disclosed that there would be low water supply in areas that are on higher ground than in areas that are on lower ground during the hot season.
Chief Engineer at the LWSC Wilson Shan said it was quite common to experience low water supply during the hot season in places that were on higher ground because the ground water table was at its lowest.
Mr. Shan also attributed the water shortage during the hot season to water wastage by people in lower areas.
He explained that various activities that people engaged in like taking longer showers, car wash using the hose pipe and brushing teeth on running water resulted in water shortage causing other people to experience a low water supply during the hot season.
He disclosed this during a live programme called Water Chat on MUVI Television and monitored by ZANIS in Lusaka yesterday.
Mr. Shan stated that Lusaka Water and Sewerage relied on ground water and during the hot season the water table receded reducing water supply and increasing the pumps working capacity. This he noted caused some areas on higher ground to experience low or no water supply during certain times.
He named areas mostly affected by low water supply during the hot season, as Chudley, Upper Ibex Hill, Chalala, and Garden township.
“Demand for water supply during the summer is at its highest but the supply is low because our water sources are equally low during this period in time” the Engineer said.
He noted that there was need to continue sensitising people on the importance of water conservation especially during the hot season in order for everyone to have access to the commodity.
ZANIS
is this news???
#1 – it is not news if you do not leave in Chudley, Upper Ibex Hill, Chalala, and Garden township :)
Excuse me for stating the obvious. O course water consumption is higher during the dry season. People drink more water, use more water for gardening, bathe more etc and paid for but the solution does not lie in water restriction but in harnessing the abundant water resources available in form of ground and surface water unlike in Las Vegas where Lake Mead is losing water through global warming. Because water falls freely from the sky there was a misconception that water should be cheap. But now my water bills are higher than my electricity bills so lack of funds for expansion of water supply cannot be an excuse. Studies have shown that as much as 40% of the water distributed is lost through water leakages. Is the company doing anything on leakages?