New NWSC water and sanitation project to benefit over 950,000 Kampala slum dwellers
Drake Nyamugabwa
National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) in partnership with
Government of Uganda is implementing the Kampala Water Lake Victoria
Water and Sanitation project with the aim of Constructing a Water and
Sanitation Improvement Infrastructure in the Informal Settlements of
Kampala Project, to provide affordable safe water supply residents of
all low-income settlements in Kampala and improve access to sanitation
for city dwellers.
The project contract signed on 2nd February 2022, is co-funded by the
KfW Development Bank (KfW) with 20 Million Euros and the French
Development Agency (AFD) which is extending 9 Million Euros with
counterpart funding from Government of Uganda which will contribute 8
Million Euros.
After the signing ceremony, in picture abve, the Managing Director Dr Silver Mugisha in a statement
said that he corporation intends to achieve its goal with the
construction of a new 400,000 liters per day Faecal Sludge Treatment
Plant (FSTP) in Nalukolongo which will receive sludge collected from pit
latrines and septic tanks in Kampala and neighboring suburbs of Wakiso
district in service of premises that are not within reach of the sewer
lines.
He said the project will provide the long-awaited relief for the Lubigi
FSTP that has been operating at full capacity. Notably, its strategic
location West of Kampala is in line with the concept of decentralization
of treatment plants with a balanced distribution across the City in
accordance with the Kampala Sanitation Masterplan.
“The infrastructure interventions shall be implemented at a cost of 29
million Euros. The Works Contractor for the project is Hebei
Construction Group Co. Ltd. (China) with Vambeco Enterprises Ltd. as the
local subcontractor. The project works are expected to be completed by
December 2024” he said
According to NWSC the project also intends to install 2,500 communal
prepaid meters in all informal settlements around the city and
augmentation of the water supply network through laying 70km of water
pipelines where over 150,000 families shall benefit from having water
points closer to their residences at the pro-poor tariff of 25 Uganda
Shillings per 20 liter jerican.
The project will implement the construction of 30 large new public
toilets at busy public places in different parts spread over all five
Divisions of the City and the renovation and upgrading of 10 existing
public toilets are also in consideration to best achieve this project.
The new toilets shall have the added benefit of a commercial rooftop to
supplement income and improve sustainability of operations.
Meanwhile in the NWSC transformation journey since 1990, various strides have been registered in the continuous improvement and innovation to provide safe clean water for all, in all our areas of operation, as elaborated in the picture below:
