Key residential estates within Eldoret town will experience an interruption of water supply for at least two days, the Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company (Eldowas) has announced.
A public notice from the company’s Managing Director Peter Kibet Arap Biwott indicates that the interruption will be on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
The interruption, Biwott says, is due to scheduled maintenance works on the Chebara Water treatment plant.
“This is to notify our esteemed customers from the under-listed areas that the water supply from Chebara Treatment Plant will be interrupted from 9.00 am on Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Thursday 22nd December 2022 to 4.00 PM,” read part of the notice.
“The interruption is to allow for maintenance works of the treatment plant,” added the MD.
However, other water treatment plants will be operational during the interruption of the supply from Chebara.
The other plants that Eldowas operates are Naiberi and Kapsoya Water Treatment Plants.
Estates to experience water supply interruption;
- Kimumu, University of Eldoret (UoE) and their environs
- Marakwet Farm, Kapchumba, the upper parts of Maili Nne and their environs
- Munyaka, Kapsoya, Action estaes and their environs
- Rift Valley Bottlers
- Upper Elgon View, The Eldoret National Polytechnic, Annex, Langas, Racecourse, Kapseret and their environs
- Chepkanga, Marura and their environs
- Kamukunji, Mwanzo, Old Uganda Road and their environs
- All the customers along the Eldoret-Chebara Pipeline
The Eldowas MD further apologized to customers for any inconveniences that might be caused by the water supply interruption.
ELDOWAS is mandated to provide water and sanitation services within the Eldoret Municipality through a licensing agreement by the Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB). Its principal shareholder is the County Government of Uasin Gishu.
Incorporated in October 1997 under the Companies act (CAP 486 Laws of Kenya), the company started operations in the year 2000.
