BEITBRIDGE Town Council is reportedly struggling to provide adequate water supplies to its residents because of its outstanding $12 million debt to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa).

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government, in its recent report on service delivery by local authorities, said Beitbridge town’s water treatment capacity had also slumped to 5 000 cubic metres of raw water per day against daily demand of 15 000 cubic metres.

“As at May 2016, Beitbridge Town Council owed Zinwa $12 million, including interest of $4,3 million charged on the amount owed, and Zinwa charges 92 cents per cubic metre for its water,” read the committee report.