Josephine Christopher is a senior business journalist for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers
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Dar es Salaam. Water shortages reported in several parts of Dar es Salaam are largely the result of a widening gap between water production capacity and the rapidly growing demand in the city and neighbouring Coast Region, the Dar es Salaam Water Supply and Sanitation Authority (Dawasa) has said.
The authority says it is currently producing about 558 million litres of water per day from its treatment plants, while the combined demand in the areas it serves has risen to approximately 732 million litres per day. Dawasa Head of Communications, Ms Everlasting Lyaro, told The Citizen that the production shortfall has made it difficult to maintain a stable supply across all neighbourhoods.
