ZUHURA SHAIF                                                                   
Tanzanians have been urged to take proper care and help to sustain social development projects supported by donors.

Neli Msuya, the public relations manager for the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority (DAWASA) issued this appeal during the week when citing haphazard joining of water supply to houses without authority in the Kivule East section around Korongo area  in Dar es Salaam.

While connections were being made with the water service project without authority, other users were expressing lack of satisfaction with the project supervised by DAWASA.

Clarifying about that claims of water shortage for about nine months now, Mrs. Msuya said during installation of pipes in 2007, technically the water supply system was on its feet, reaching the population at that time.

There were current problems like low voltage of electricity in the water service, she said, noting further that the population has also increased substantially, with domestic use rising and touching off the water shortage.

So far only nine out of 19 expected points of water supply had been put up, in the Kivule  project, which she said was related to income problems from the water that was already being supplied to the area, as no income report had been given to DAWASA despite contractual agreement to issue monthly reports for purposes of cost recovery.

Were an income report available it would ease the planning work for DAWASA to solve the water shortage problem, but in order to overcome  that problem it needs 750m/- which can only be provided in the government budget, she said, promising however to confer with authorities at Ilala municipality to solve the problem.

Kivule East residents express dissatisfaction with the project due to low voltage of electricity, since the single  phase mode was used instead of three phase power supply. The project benefited from $50m from the African Development Bank but water shortages have persisted.