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The National Laboratory for Hygiene, Water and Food (LNHAA) has denied the possibility that the water supplied to consumers in Maputo, Matola and Boane is in any way toxic.
The LNHAA was responding to a report published on Monday by Notícias, citing a study of pollution at the Pequenos Libombos reservoir, primary source of the area’s drinking water.
The study declares that the levels of cyanobacteria are above those laid down by the World Health Organization, but distances itself from any comment about the water quality when it is already in the Umbelúzi Treatment Plant (WTP).
The director of the National Laboratory of Water and Food Hygiene, Nivalda Bomba, told Noticias that her institution, which is certified to internationally recognised standards, monitored the water regularly, and was able to reassure consumers unequivocally.
Bomba said the LNHAA collected daily samples from warehouses, residences and restaurants, among other places, to check the potability of the water.
In turn, Gracinda Macuácua, from the Regional Water Company of Maputo’s Water Quality Control Department, said that the work of her institution was based on Ministry of Health regulations on the quality of water for human consumption.
Macuácua said that samples were collected regularly at the ETA and distribution centers which supply the cities of Maputo and Matola and Boane district, and across supply networks, in order to ensure that only water of the desired quality reaches the consumer.
Regional Water Company of Maputo spokesman Afonso Mahumane stressed that ETA and distribution center water tanks were cleaned regularly and urged domestic consumers to clean their own tanks at least once a year with chlorine.
He also issued a broad appeal to consumers to use of water sparingly, taking into account the drought that the country is currently experiencing.
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