Over the years the City of Bulawayo has been plagued by water shortages due to its arid geographical location. Institutional and cost recovery for water and waste services needs to be improved urgently and concurrently with infrastructural rehabilitation. Most of the City’s water infrastructure is in need rehabilitation or upgrading. There is need for investment in the following:
- Bulk pipelines;
- Water treatment works;
- Pump stations;
- Reservoirs;
- Water reticulation.
Other Investment opportunities can be found in the following:
- Water Works Treatment;
- Outfall Sewers;
- Sewer Pump Station Refurbishment;
- Sewer Reticulation Replacement;
- Recycled Water Supply Infrastructure;
- Waste to Energy Conversion Power Plants.
SMART Water and Waste Water Management Investment Opportunities
- Introduce prepaid water meters
- Recycle waste water e.g. Khami Dam water project
- Construct biogas digester sewer work stations.
- Fertiliser production
- Waste to Energy Conversion Power Plants
- Use solar power to pump water from the dams to the reservoirs up to the consumers
