THE African Development Fund (AfDB), through ZimFund, has allocated US$1,087 million towards strengthening sanitation services in Chitungwiza.
The intervention will concentrate on the upgrading and rerouting of the outfall sewer to run along the new Chitungwiza highway, and diverting and upgrading trunk sewers within the Seke areas of Luciano and Gomba.
Exposure to waterborne diseases not only poses a threat to local residents, but to those in Harare.
An estimated 150 000 Chitungwiza residents commute to Harare daily — perfect carriers for the disease in and out of the capital city.
And given that the Manyame River passes through Chitungwiza before emptying into Lake Chivero, Harare’s primary water source, any pollution entering the river system from Chitungwiza ultimately affects water quality downstream.
