Residents queue to collect water from a tank in the Lobengula township of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, on Oct. 26..
Photographer: Zinyange Auntony/Bloomberg
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Zimbabwe City of 700,000 at Risk of Running Dry by Year-End
Bulawayo’s mayor warns that the crisis may spark an exodus of residents.
The taps in Zimbabwe’s second-biggest city may run dry by the end of this year.
Already, residents of Bulawayo have had to cope without piped water for at least five-and-a-half days a week and there’s a high risk the flow may stop completely, according to city officials.