NWSC announces 48 hour water outage

Several parts of Kampala and other surrounding areas are to experience a 48 hour water shut down, the National Water and Sewerage Cooperation (NSWC) has announced.

According to a press statement from issued by water agency, the shutdown is to star tomorrow, lasting two days.

The areas to be affected include; the city centre, parts of Gayaza, Kanyanya, parts of Kyanja, Komamboga, parts of Bwaise.

The principle public relations officer, NWSC-Kampala Water, Viviene Newumbe said the 48 hour interruption is to allow pipe reconnection works at Nakasero to evacuate more water and improve water supply in the central business district.

This follows the recent completion of expansion and rehabilitation works at  Gaba, aimed at expanding water production capacity from 190 million litres of water per day to 240 million litres per day to Kampala Water Supply Area.

This is the third time NWSC announces a shutdown to allow reconnection of pipes to the new system, to evacuate more into the system to meet the demand.

"We are reinforcing our distribution network to ensure the additional volumes of water reach the targeted customers. So far, out of the targeted additional 50million litres of water per day. We have already added 23million litres of water per day into the network," she noted.

NWSC targets to increase supply to 240million litres per day in the next five months. Last month the production increased to 210 million litres per day.

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