Chalinze goes without water for over a week

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Chalinze goes without water for over a week

Chalinze

Residents of Chalinze, Coast region are suffering from a chronic lack of water for more than a week now and have to walk up to six kilometers in search of water.

 They blame it on negligence on the part of responsible authorities, Chalinze Water Supply Authority (CHALIWASA) who say the shortage is caused by faulty machines at the Wami river station. It further says that the damage has been caused by recent floods which have left over 800 people homeless in Dumila, Kilosa district, Morogoro.

Speaking in an interview with this paper, a resident of Pingo village in the region, Richard Hassara, said they rely on Chalinze Water Supply Authority (CHALIWASA) that gets water from Wami River but it is now more than a week that they have no water supply.
"The situation is very bad in this areas, imagine we have stayed for all these days without water and we still don’t know when we shall have the water again,” lamented Hassara.

Another resident of the area, Amina Shaabani, said she has been forced to suspend all other activities and dedicate all her time in search of clean water.

CHALIWASA Manager, Eng Christer Mchomba, confirmed that the direness of the situation, he also expounded on the damage to their infrastructure saying at least three pumps are out of commission.

The engineer however maintained that the authority was addressing the matter as quickly as it can and that it has so far raised some 24m/- to among other things, buy chemicals for water treatment.

However, he too could not say when the water supply will resume