Maputo, 8 Dec (AIM) – Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has pledged that his government will continue to mobilize more investment to rehabilitate and build water system infrastructures in order to ensure sustainable management of water resources and reduce dependence on upstream countries.
According to Nyusi, who was speaking on Thursday during the inauguration of the Guara-Guara water supply system in Búzi district, in the central province of Sofala, “as a strategy to accelerate our action, we have decided to prioritize the following areas for reducing dependence on water availability in relation to upstream countries: sustainable management of water resources; and reduction of physical and commercial losses in water supply services.”
The new system is budgeted at 36 million meticais (about 564,000 dollars), financed by the United Kingdom. The system has the capacity for 20,000 consumers but, in the initial phase, it will serve 5,000.
The system has a capacity to supply over 24 cubic meters per hour.
Other measures, Nyusi added, include the rehabilitation and construction of dams, identification of new water sources, establishment of household connections and construction of standpipes.
According to Nyusi, the government will adopt water desalination technologies, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas.
“During water prospecting, recently in Gaza province and part of Maputo province, only brackish water came out. And one of the solutions that our government sought was to find ways of removing the salt so that the water would be drinkable”, he said.
Nyusi said that the water supply system that he was inaugurating is a milestone that represents a profound transformation in the quality of life of the population.
“As a government, we will remain committed to mobilizing resources with a view to building more water supply infrastructures here in Sofala province and throughout the country”, he said.
He also called on the population to avoid clandestine water connections.
“Don’t allow illegal connections because there are some who play smart. Clandestine connections are the ones that do harm, and the people who do this must be denounced, held accountable and punished in an exemplary manner,” he warned.
(AIM)
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