The company Águas de Moçambique has suspended water supply in the provinces of Maputo and Gaza, in the south of the country, in order to protect equipment, following heavy rains that caused flooding in almost all districts.
“The water supply systems serving the Mahubo area in the district of Boane, Maputo Province, and Chókwè in Gaza Province are out of service for operational safety reasons and to protect equipment,” the utility said in a statement.
The measure results from rising water levels in the Umbelúzi and Limpopo rivers, a situation which, according to the public water supply institution, is constraining the normal operation of water supply systems serving the Maputo Metropolitan Region and Chókwè.
“The Umbelúzi system is operating under constrained conditions due to the partial flooding of one of the Water Treatment Plants (WTP) and increased turbidity of raw water, a scenario that forced a reduction of around 30% in production volumes,” the document cited by Lusa states.
Águas de Moçambique explained that, as a result of the partial flooding, the WTP reduced production volumes from 9,600 cubic meters per hour to 6,600 cubic meters per hour, which may affect the normal distribution of water supply in some areas of the cities of Maputo, Matola, Matola Rio and the town of Boane. “We are permanently monitoring the evolution of the hydrological situation in these basins, in close coordination with the competent authorities, and we will provide timely communication on the restoration of the service as soon as technical and safety conditions are met,” the company concluded.
Recently, the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD) reported that 85 people have died, 70 were injured and another 105,100 were affected by climate-related events during the 2025–26 rainy season.
In October, the government approved the national contingency plan for the 2025–26 rainy season, budgeted at 14 billion meticais. However, it acknowledged that it currently has only 6 billion meticais of the required amount.
Mozambique is in the midst of the rainy season, a period marked by alerts for heavy rain and strong winds, especially in the central and southern regions of the country, with authorities activating measures to anticipate floods and inundations in those areas.
The country is considered one of the most severely affected by climate change, cyclically facing floods and tropical cyclones. During the most recent rainy season, between 2024–25, Mozambique was hit by cyclones Chido, Dikeledi and Jude, which caused the deaths of at least 313 people, injured 1,255 and affected more than 1.8 million.
Extreme events caused at least 1,016 deaths in Mozambique between 2019 and 2023, affecting around 4.9 million people, according to data from the National Statistics Institute.
Source: Diário Económico
