The Impending Four Months Of Thirst

The Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) released a statement Friday announcing they were shutting down the Mmamashia water treatment plant for refurbishment for a period lasting four months.

Interestingly, the WUC did not go into details, the specific details that the public need to arm themselves with and prepare for  what could possibly be the  worst four months of  thirst in Gaborone and the surrounding areas.

The announcement lacked  such important details as the capacity of water that will be supplied to the Gaborone region, from alternative sources other than Mmamashia treatment plant, which will not be pumping anything at all in the  four months starting this week.

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