The National water and sewerage corporation Mbarara area has completed system upgrade works at Ruharo water treatmemt plant.
The works included the construction of a new DN 400 (16″ ) steel pipe and reconfiguration of associated pipe work and systems to add more water to the network.
According to Mbarara area General manager Mr Ekanya Emmanuel, the newly completed works will add over 2000million litres of water into the Mbarara water network.
Other interventions that will include installation of a new 500m3/h raw water bigger capacity pump that has already been shipped and expected in the country very soon. This will add over 1million litres of water per day to the network.
Mbarara area engineer Emmamuel Mujuni assured residents that daily production will very soon move from the current 13million litres of water per day to 16million litres per day.
NWSC MD Dr.Eng Silver Mugisha shared that the works are part of the corporation’s ongoing water supply stabilisation plans aimed at boosting water supply reliability in all NWSC areas of operation.
Dr Silver added that the corporation is looking at other measures i.e new clarifiers at the plant in Mbarara, motorised boreholes in various parts of Mbarara to boost water production and the much anticipated Isingiro water supply system along river Kagera.
The new Isingiro water supply system will improve water supply in Isingiro, Mabrara, Masaka corridor and the surrounding areas he added.