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The project would be implemented by the developer, with
no financial obligations from council.
According to the deal, the project is expected to draw
water from the dam to a treatment plant which will be
installed at the dam and then water pumped into the
Grange Reservoir.
Harare Poised to Clinch Water Deal
Struxure will provide a pump house and water treatment
plant while council offers the existing water distribution
infrastructure and land for the construction of the water
treatment plant.
Harare City
Harare City Council will sign a joint
venture deal with a local company to supply potable water
drawn from Gletwyn dam to northern suburbs.
The parties would share profits from water sales based on
capital contributions by each party to the deal.
The committee noted that the city would utilize this
capacity upon entering into favourable agreements with
Struxure Investments and that the parties now need to
proceed and negotiate the implementation modalities for
the project.
Northern suburbs, most of which have been receiving
erratic water supplies like Glen Lorne, Glenwood
and Shawasha Hills, would be expected to start
receiving regular water supplies once the agreement
is operationalized.
According to the recent Environmental Management
Committee minutes, council wants acting town clerk
Mrs Josephine Ncube to negotiate a Memorandum
of Agreement with Struxure Investments (Pvt) Ltd
to allow for project implementation and offtake
agreements which are required.
“The committee had before it a report (March 1,
2017) by the director of Harare Water (Eng Hosiah
Chisango) on the feasibility study report for the
Gletwyn Dam Water Treatment Works,” read the
minutes.
“He reported that the City of Harare had entered
into a Memorandum of Understanding with Struxure
Investments (Pvt) Ltd on December 23, 2015 for a
feasibility study to be conducted to determine the
possibility of supplying water from Gletwyn Dam to
augment supplies to Harare.”
Eng Chisango told councillors that Struxure
Investments had carried out the feasibility study in
January this year, indicating a potential water supply
of 1 458 cubic metres per day, capable of supplying
2 000 households.
The committee noted that the city would utilize this
capacity upon entering into favourable agreements
with Struxure Investments and that the parties now
need to proceed and negotiate the implementation
modalities for the project.
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