The Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC) has said water supply will be reinstated on Thursday at noon.....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
This is after supply was interrupted in some parts of the City due to vandalism of the Sasumua dam water treatment pipeline to Kabete Water Works at Kanunga area near Nazareth Hospital in Kiambu.
The vandalism happened on Tuesday night.
Nairobi Water Company said engineers had moved to the site and repairs commenced immediately, with repairs expected to take 24 hours from 10 am on Wednesday.
NCWSC said to reduce the impact of water supply reduction to the west of Uhuru highway, it would rationalise the water supply from Ngethu to Gigiri reservoirs.
This is to increase the pumping of more water from Gigiri to Kabete Water Reservoirs.
“We shall also alleviate the water supply failure by supplying water to schools, hospitals among other public institutions by water tankers,” NCWSC said.
The areas to be affected include along Limuru road: Parklands, Ngara area, Aga Khan hospital, University of Nairobi – School of Law and City Park Area, Gigiri, United Nation- Gigiri and Muthaiga.
Areas along Naivasha road and Kikuyu Road, Kawangware, Riruta/Satellite, Uthiru and Ndwaru Road.
Areas along James Gichuru road, Langata road and Waiyaki way, Riverside, Westlands, Lavington, Kilimani and Kileleshwa.
Other areas to be affected include estates along Lang’ata Road: Madaraka, Karen, Lang’ata and Kibra, and parts of South C Estates.
Sasumua dam water pipeline was commissioned in 1956 covering a length of 56km and bring 61,000m3/day of water to Kabete reservoir.
NCWSC urged its customers to be patient and to use the available water sparingly as it works towards restoring the water supply…CONTINUE READING>>
