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<p>Residents of Alaska Township in Chinhoyi have gone for 20 years without tapped water, forcing households to fetch supplies from disused mine shafts.</p>

By James Muonwa, Mashonaland West Correspondent CHINHOYI Municipality has reviewed downwards water charges it bills residents and ratepayers without functional water metres. Council’s climb-down came amid an outcry as households were getting outrageous estimate bill statements from the local authority, which residents were reluctant to settle. The revised tariffs, applying solely to households without functional water consumption metres, will see high-density consumers expected to pay an aver...