Southern Water and Sewerage Company (SWASCO), this morning disrupted water supply in Livingstone in a bid to regulate the water which had a strong brownish colour.
SWASCO Regional Manager Gift Monde said the water utility company was alert and shut down water supply in the entire Livingstone town to avoid supplying water they suspected to be unsafe to residents.
However Mr Monde said after testing the water, it was established that it was safe to use but needed to be calibrated in order to change its strong brownish colour.
He said this in an interview with ZANIS in Livingstone today.
Mr. Monde stated that the appearance of the water was not due to bacterial contamination but merely a strong brownish colour of water from the Zambezi River, which he attributed to heavy rains.
He has since revealed that water supply had resumed and urged Livingstone residents not to panic as everything was back to normal.
And Mr. Monde apologised to Livingstone residents for the abrupt disruption of water supply adding that, there was no adequate time to issue a prior notice to the public to minimise the inconvenience caused.
ZANIS
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