World News | Tanzania’s commercial capital imposes water restrictions

DODOMA (Tanzania), Oct. 28 (AP) One of Africa’s largest and fastest-growing cities imposed water restrictions as officials blamed dry weather and falling river levels.

Some of the more than 6 million residents of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s commercial capital, said thousands of households had been without water for weeks.

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Jumaa Aweso, the country’s water minister, said the city’s water authority has been working to provide better water for the troubled Xialuwu water treatment plant.

Frustration is growing. Resident Victor Musa said it had been three days and “I’m out of water.”

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Claiming that even the rationing scheme was wrong, he said his family and other households received their last water supply in just 20 minutes.

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa inspected the water treatment plant last year after the city was without water for several days. President Samia Suluhu Hassan instructed the authorities to ensure that they protect the water source from being violated.

Civil society groups have criticized the city’s water authority for rates of water loss due to illegal connections and other factors. (Associated Press)

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