THE City of Harare is searching for alternative water treatment chemicals in a bid to cut purification costs, which account for 52 percent of the municipality’s general expenses. Chemicals used for water purification by Harare include powdered activated carbon, sulphuric acid, chlorine gas, sodium silicate, liquid ammonium sulphate, white hydrated lime and calcium hypochlorite. In…

This comes as Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has put HCC officials on the spot over their failure to secure an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system which has resulted in the council failing to get and manage funds for service delivery.
