Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:48:03 +0000 By John Kombe CHONGWE District Council will harvest water from the Chongwe River to help ease erratic supply. “Water blues are an annual dread come year-end in Chongwe, but this will not be the case from this season henceforth,” Town Clerk Levis Mumba has said. Chongwe has been prone to water blues for a very long time and the residents have had to endure the embarrassment of queuing up for water that is supplied by the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit in water-bauzers when the commodity becomes scarce towards the close of the year when the water levels are low. Mr Mumba said the council is undertaking a project to harvest water from the Chongwe River which is the source of the district’s water supply. “The water is usually lost towards the end of the year before the rainy season as the water flows downstream living the water level […]
