By; Our Reporter
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has called on residents in Kampala and the neighboring areas to store enough water due to the anticipated Ggaba plant shutdown.
The water plant will be down on Saturday, July 28, 2018 from 8am to 7pm according to the NWSC Water production manager, Andrew Muhwezi.
Muhwezi says all machinery, heavy duty water pumps and the various water treatment stages will be shutdown down to allow UMEME Engineers carry out routine maintenance works at the Ggaba Power Substation.
Kampala Water General Manager, Eng Andrew Sekayizzi anticipates that once the works are completed, it will improve on the power supply at the treatment plant and subsequently improve water production and supply in Kampala city, Mukono, Wakiso and the surroundings.
NWSC Director Engineering Services, Eng Alex Gisagara says that the water supply interruptions during system upgrade works will be mitigated upon completion of the new Katosi water works that will produce 240million litre capacity per day, supplementing 160million liters of water per day pumped from Ggaba water works.
The additional 160 million litres of water from the Katosi plant will serve the growing clean safe water needs of more than 7.5million people in Kampala Metropolitan up to 2040.
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