Water supply challenges in Kampala will soon be history after the ongoing works on a new water treatment plant in the Eastern part of the city at Katosi is complete in January next year, according to National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) Kampala Water General Manager Mahmood Lutaaya.
Mr Lutaaya has assured city dwellers that works on the new plant are in final stages and Katosi system tests will commence in January 2021 as the contractor prepares to hand over the project for operationalization in the first quarter of 2021.
“Pumps have been installed. We are now laying 500 meters of abstraction pipe into the lake, the reservoirs at Nsumba, Ssonde and the new Namugongo pumping station have all been completed, the 55kms transmission main from Katosi, Mukono, Seeta, Namugongo, Naalya, Ntinda to the Naguru reservoir is 95% complete. The total project is 90% complete.’’ he said.
He assured customers in water stressed areas that NWSC is working in over-drive mode to deliver the project and bridge the water supply gaps in the Kampala Metropolitan Service Area.
Currently, the corporation produces about 250 million litres of water per day against a peak demand of over 300 million litres of water per day. On completion, the Katosi plant will add over 160 million litres of water per day subsequently addressing the water supply challenges in Kampala Metropolitan Service area.
Kampala network manager Eng. Sharon Karungi further shared that Kampala Water Network engineers have completed a number of interventions to serve customers in water stressed areas as the bigger project, Katosi, gets on board.
These interventions include Completion of 4km of mains from Buloba to Kisamula distribution system and improve supply to Kisamula, Buloba, Buyala and Bujuko by January 2021.
The interventions also include completion of a 6.3km mains from Rubaga reservoir to Bulenga booster to improve supply to Nakuwadde, Kyebando, Kigoma, Kireka, Bujjuko, Kabulengwa, Nansana, Wakiso and Kakiri. This she says will address water supply concerns to Nansana, Wakiso, Kakiri, Bulenga by January 2021.
Laying of a 7.5km mains off Entebbe road to Bukwenda service area to improve supply to Katale, Seguku, Busawula, Bukwenda, Kasenge and the surrounding areas will be complete by January 2021 according to Sharon.
Purchase of land for a booster station, construction of Maya booster station, and Laying of 4Km distribution main from maya hill to Katende to improve water supply in Maya, Katende, and Nanziga by end of January 2021.
Laying of 3.7km of distribution mains from Kiwologoma through Kimwanyi to Nakasajja and address the low water pressure situations in Gayaza-Kanyanya service areas and Ziranumbu, laying of a 3.5Km main from Kanisa Ya Kristu, Namugongo to Agenda 2000 along Kireka namugongo road and laying of 5Km distribution main from Sonde reservoir through Namwezi, Nabusugwe, Nsasa, and address low pressure concerns in parts of Mbalwa, Nsawo, Kira Kito, Namugongo, Misindye, Kiryamuli, Nabusugwe, Nsasa, Mulawa, Bulindo, Kiwologoma, Kitukutwe and the surrounding areas.
Laying of mains from Mbuya booster station to Mbuya CMI hill, construction of a 100m3 reservoir at Mbuya hill and laying of a distribution network to address low pressure concerns at CMI headquaters, Mbuya parents, Mbuya barracks, Rinovia hotel, Mbuya police and parts of Upper Mbuya.
Other interventions:
Construction of a 30 cubic metre underground sump near Prime Petrol station, laying of 1km Pumping main from kyanja Mosque to Kyanja hilltop and a 1.6kms distribution main from Kyanja hilltop to address supply challenges on Kyanja Hill, Kanyanya, parts of Gayaza and parts of Ntinda.
NWSC also commissioned a 2km Bandwe distribution main from Kinawa to Kasenge to address concerns along Nakawuka rd, Kinawa, Kikajjo, Kasenge, Nakirama and surroundings. The corporation has also developed a motorized borehole, laid a 2kms pumping main to augment water supply to parts of Nsasa and Bulindo.
A motorized borehole, laid a 1.5kms of pumping main to address water supply challenges in Maya, Katende and the surrounding areas, according to Sharon.