Kisumu Water and Sanitation Company Limited (KIWASCO), which provides water and sanitation services to the residents of Kisumu County in the Western Region of Kenya, recently announced the start of a project to rehabilitate/upgrade the 36,000 m3 Kajulu Drinking Water Plant.
The project, the completion of which is expected to enhance operational efficiency and maintain quality, will be carried out by Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency (LVSWWDA), one of the eight Water Works Development Agencies established under the Ministry of Water, Sanitation, and Irrigation, in the new Water Act 2016.
In addition to the renovation works at the Kajulu Drinking Water Plant site, LVSWWDA will lay approximately 120 km of pipes that will be used to deliver drinking water to the localities of Mamboleo, Lolwe, Maua, Kajulu, Wathorego, parts of Chiga, Kanyamedha, Kenya-Re, Kibos, Manyatta, Ogango, Mbeme, Nairobi Ndogo, Tido and Migosi.
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LVSWWDA has one month to deliver the upgraded drinking water plant.
Funding for the Kajulu Drinking Water Plant Rehabilitation Project
The French Development Agency (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), and the European Union-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (EUAITF) are co-financing the Kajulu drinking water plant rehabilitation project as part of the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Program (LVWATSAN) that is valued at approximately US$ 66.4M.
The program will eventually extend the water and sanitation network in Kisumu, including informal settlements, and expand water supply to satellite towns, including Ahero and Maseno.
In addition, it will see the establishment of a component dedicated to monitoring the water quality of Lake Victoria with the objective of improving the protection of this common (regional) water resource, as well as increasing the efficiency of water treatment.
