Govt challenged to increased funding for clean water access

Sep 21, 2016

The water in Awoja is safe for people to drink because it is well treated

Government has been challenged to increase its funding to districts to facilitate them get access to tap water.

Eng. Denis Ochung the water engineer Soroti district made the call on Tuesday during a tour of Awoja where the water plant for National Water and Sewerage Cooperation is located.

Eng. Ochung was taking district leaders including the RDC John Stephen Ekoom and the DEO Soroti Everest Okello among others to Awoja to study how water is being filtered before it reaches taps.

According to Eng. Ochung's assessment of the plant, the water in Awoja is safe for people to drink because it is well treated.

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