LWB disconnects institutional, residential consumers
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) yesterday disconnected water supply to several institutional consumers, including Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.
In its campaign, LWB also disconnected Mpico House and some residential houses for watering their lawns using hose pipes contrary to recent by-laws in the wake of water shortages facing the capital city.
LWB has embarked on a campaign to disconnect water supply to customers found using hoses to water their gardens or lawns.
Speaking on the sidelines of the disconnection exercise, LWB deputy public relations officer Vanessa Chidyaonga said using hose pipes to water gardens contributes to depletion of water reserves.
She said: “The capital city is experiencing water shortages because we did not have enough rains. We have been advertising in newspapers, radios and television stations on the need to conserve water by not using hosepipes. We recommended the use of watering cans to water plants. But the call has not been heeded as some institutions continue to defy our directive.”
Chidyaonga said the water wasted on lawns could be used to supply areas experiencing shortage critical shortages
Among the affected institutions during this exercise are the Africa Institute of Corporate Citizenship and National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) who are housed in Mpico House in City Centre.
