{"id":17355,"date":"2019-12-27T21:42:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T19:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=17355"},"modified":"2019-12-27T21:42:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T19:42:29","slug":"bulawayo-water-crisis-persists-despite-the-onset-of-the-rainy-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-water-crisis-persists-despite-the-onset-of-the-rainy-season","title":{"rendered":"Bulawayo Water Crisis Persists Despite The Onset Of the Rainy Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bulawayo\u2019s 96-hour- water-shedding scheme will have to continue a few days or weeks more as water levels remain low at Umzingwane Dam despite the onset of the rainy season Daily news reports.<\/p>\n<p>The city decommissioned both Umzingwane and Upper Ncema dams and is also having a hard time pumping water due to the ongoing power crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Bulawayo Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni urged residents to be water-wise as they are still in the midst of a dire water crisis:<\/p>\n<p>We must continue to conserve and save water. We have not yet received any significant inflows into our dams. Let us be water wise,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bulawayo\u2019s 96-hour- water-shedding scheme will have to continue a few days or weeks more as water levels remain low at Umzingwane Dam despite the onset of the rainy season Daily news reports. 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