The ManicaPost
Post Reporter
MORE than 20 000 prepaid water meters have been installed free of charge for clients in small towns, growth points and rural service centres across the country, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has said.
ZINWA said at the close of last year, a total of 20 346 clients had received the service in Nyanga, Chivhu, Mvurwi, Karoi, Mutoko, Hwange, Filabusi and Gokwe.
In a statement today, the Authority’s corporate communications and marketing manager Mrs Marjory Munyonga said they intend to install 35 000 prepaid water meters by the end of the first phase of the rollout, adding that the current exercise is targeting households, businesses, schools, churches, parastatals and other institutions.
“Of the installed prepaid water meters so far, 1 827 have been put in Nyanga, 5 993 in Karoi, 1 513 in Filabusi, 927 in Gokwe, 2 013 in Chivhu, 1 171 in Murehwa, 2 527 in Mutoko, 1 360 in Mvurwi and 2 857 in Hwange. ZINWA has already taken delivery of 3 000 more prepaid water meters which are still undergoing testing and calibrations,” said Mrs Munyonga.
She said the rollout exercise follows successful piloting of the concept in Chivhu and Mvurwi between 2019 and 2021 when the full scale implementation commenced.
The introduction of prepaid water meters, Mrs Munyonga said, is one of the many innovations that ZINWA is implementing to bring convenience to clients and to afford them more pronounced control over their water consumption patterns.
