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Katosi water completion works now at 65%, says NWSC

TEDDY TRACY NAYIGA | PML Daily Staff WriterbyTEDDY TRACY NAYIGA | PML Daily Staff Writer
June 10, 2020
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Officials led by Eng Silver Mugisha, the NWSC boss visiting Katosi water project on Wednesday (PHOTO/Courtesy).

MUKONO – The Government of Uganda through National Water and Sewerage Corporation is constructing a new 240 million litres per day in Katosi to the east of Kampala to augment water supply in Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso.

Visiting the site on June 10, NWSC MD Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha stressed the urgency of the project to the people of Uganda.

“Covid-19 should not be an excuse for us to delay this project. Let us work with resilience, mobilise and work in overdrive mode to add the much needed 160million litres of water per day to Kampala. Let’s be scientific in our construction during this period,” he said.

According Mugisha, NWSC currently produces 240million litres of water which is not enough to meet peak demand of 300 million litres per day in Metropolitan Kampala.

“With the additional 160million litres of water per day from Katosi and the 240million litres from Ggaba, we shall have 400 million litres which will meet and exceed the water demand of Kampala Metropolitan city by February 2021.” he added

The NWSC Deputy Managing Director Technical Services Eng Johnson Amayo said that civil works are over 95% complete. The 55km pipeline from Katosi, Nsumba, Mukono, Seeta, Namungongo, Naalya to Naguru is over 80% complete.

“We are now focusing on electro mechanical and completion by Jan-Feb 2021” he said

According to the consultant GKW, the project is now 65% complete.

“We experienced material loading delays at Mombasa, slow cross border traffic and had to close site for some weeks. Despite the challenges, we are working with the contractor to deliver the project by Jan 2021.” he pledged.

Other Works

In the pipeline, NWSC is working on a new treatment plant along the shores of Lake Victoria at Kigo, to boost piped water supply to Kampala South, which covers Kaazi, Kajjansi, Entebbe, Buloba, Bulenga and Mpigi areas.

A faecal sludge treatment facility will also be constructed to increase sanitation and waste management in those areas.

The project will increase the Kampala-Entebbe corridor water supply by 135 million litres per day to meet the growing demand for services along Entebbe road.

Other projects are ongoing in Gulu, Lira, Bushenyi, Arua, Mbale, Mbarara, Sembabule, Kapeeka-Nakaseke, Fort Portal, Isingiro, Masaka among others.

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