Zambia’s water supply improves

ZAMBIA has in the last nine years improved water supply and sanitation despite the rural areas still lagging behind, Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection Minister, Jonas Chanda has said.

Dr Chanda said that the water supply coverage now stands at 72 per cent while sanitation coverage is at 54 per cent, a huge improvement compared to the years before 2011.

He explained that in 2011, water supply coverage in Zambia was at 60 per cent but there had been an improvement since the Patriotic Front came into power.

The minister attributed this to the huge water projects that were taking place in various parts of the country.

Dr Chanda was speaking during his tour of Southern Water and Sanitation Company (SWASC) facilities in Livingstone at the weekend.

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he has prioritised issue of water and sanitation," he said. Dr Chanda said water and sanitation were very important to

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the people especially in all the areas. "We have done well as a country but there still a lot of work to

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do like in Livingstone. A lot of other areas need good water and sanitation but I have already received reports like in Highlands

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“In Ngwenya compound, people use pit-latrines and they are complaining, we are going to help them just like the way we are

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doing it everywhere in the country," Dr Chanda said. The minister was optimistic that by the year 2030 or even be

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fore, the country would attain universal access to water and sanitation for all without leaving anyone behind.

SWASC Managing Director, Gift Monde, said the utility company would ensure the water and sanitation challenges in Ngwenya were addressed.