Byo to endure two days without water

Zim Now Writer

The Bulawayo City Council has announced that the city will not have water for two days starting today as the local authority installs protective relays for its electric transformers.

The water cuts, lasting from 6am to 4pm, will only spare the city centre and industrial areas from the supply interruptions.

The first water cut is taking place today while the second one is on Friday. Owing to the low levels in the city’s water supply dams, Bulawayo is implementing a daily water restoration strategy where it releases a timetable of areas that will receive water on a daily basis.

Bulawayo Town Clerk, Christopher Dube said during the installation of the protective relays, council will not be able to pump water to most suburbs.

“The City of Bulawayo would like to advise members of the public that there will be an interruption to water supplies to all areas except industry and the central business district,” he said.

“This is to facilitate the installation of new protection relays on the 88kV line to protect the transformers on Wednesday, 24th May 2023 and Friday, 26th May 2023 from 6AM to 4PM,” said Mr Dube.

He said the electro-mechanical works being carried out at the Ncema and Fernhill Substations will disrupt pumping and possibly result in the depletion of the city’s reservoirs.

“In order to prevent the city’s reservoirs from collapsing due to the lack of incoming inflows on the specified days, all supplies, save for the central business district and industry, will be suspended,” he said.