16 Apr 2018

Waste water management remains a challenge in Charleshill due to lack of wastewater ponds within the sub-district, says Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) human resource director, Mr Macheng Macheng.

This, Mr Macheng said,  has compelled WUC which was mandated to manage wastewater services and supply  quality water to  ferry wastewater from both septic tanks and pit latrines to as far as Ghanzi, 200km away.

He said that it was costly for his organization and thus called for appropriate and correct usage of sanitation facilities to easy the situation.

Mr Macheng was speaking during the Ghanzi management centre customer day themed: “Increasing access to safe and sustainable water, together we can,” at Charleshill April 14.

 He  said like any other areas, Charleshill has water supply challenges mainly due to aged infrastructure and population growth which resulted in plot allocations that went beyond the serviced area.

He noted that they had recently carried out land servicing by extending water reticulation to Botshabelo ward in Charleshill.

Mr Macheng said both short and long-term measures were in place to address challenges the corporation was faced with. 

On the other hand, he  said that they had ample supply of water at Charleshill, saying that they had a surplus of 274 000 l/d  as their daily supply was 246 000 litres against demand of 493 000 litres

He said they strived to be the best in service delivery by engaging their clients throughout as they  were their number one priority, hence he said they  “found it fit  to spend a day with the Charleshill  community.”

He said the introduction of self-service platforms had added value to their service delivery, and that there were ongoing public awareness and education campaigns aimed at sensitising water users about water and its importance.

Earlier, WUC general manager for  Ghanzi management centre, Mr Olebile Matswiri  stated that water supply was good in his area except for Kuke and new Xanagas.

Mr Matswiri was happy that Kuke was a component of the World Bank project aimed at improving the water situation.

He pleaded with the community to use water sparingly as “every drop counts.” ENDS