For several weeks, there has been a water shortage in certain districts of the city of Bujumbura. The inhabitants must go to draw on certain public taps. Sometimes some are also dry. They ask Regideso to solve this problem. It is 10:30 a.m. in Musaga, south of the city of Bujumbura. It’s at the public tap on 1st Avenue. He is dry. Some users expect
For several weeks, there has been a water shortage in certain districts of the city of Bujumbura. The inhabitants must go to draw on certain public taps. Sometimes some are also dry. They ask Regideso to solve this problem.
It is 10:30 a.m. in Musaga, south of the city of Bujumbura. It’s at the public tap on 1st Avenue. He is dry. Some users are waiting for the water to return and they have already lined up containers in order of arrival. For them, it’s been a daily ordeal for almost two months. A 20l container is sold at 50 BIF.
It’s the same on 2nd Avenue, the taps are dry. Sometimes the water comes back during the night around two o’clock in the morning. Unlike 3rd Avenue, water from the public tap runs 24 hours a day. Only the quantity is reduced from time to time. This faucet is then invaded by many inhabitants of the area. “There are even people who come by car to draw water here. As a result, the queues become long”, testifies a resident of Musaga.
As for the North, it is the Gasenyi zone which is also affected by the shortage of drinking water. A resident of the Gisandema district had gone down to the public tap with his vehicle full of cans to stock up. “We haven’t even seen a drop of water in our taps for regarding a month and a half. Regideso explained to us that it is a perforated pipe”. Part of the Taba district of the Kamenge area lives to the rhythm of recurrent water shortages.
The inhabitants of these localities ask Regideso to solve this problem which, according to them, becomes repetitive during the dry season. Otherwise, they say, diseases from dirty hands might show up in these households.
