The Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company (ELDOWAS) has announced an interruption of water supply to its customers in various estates within Eldoret town.
A statement from the company indicates that the interruption will be for about 8 hours on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
This is to pave the way for planned routine maintenance on the raw water pipelines that supply the Sosiani Water Treatment Plant.
“This is to notify our esteemed customers that there will be an interruption in the water supply on Tuesday, 6th June 2023, from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm,” read part of the public notice signed by Eldowas Managing Director Peter Kibet Arap Biwott.
“This temporary disruption is necessary to conduct routine maintenance works on the raw water pipeline that supplies our Sosiani Water Treatment Plant,” it added.
Areas to experience water supply interruption
Areas that will be affected by the interruption are;
- Eldoret CBD, West Indies
- Lower Elgon View
- Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH)
- Eldoret Hospital
- Langas
- Pioneer
- Kipkaren
- Yamumbi
- Kipkenyo
- Rivatex
- Fire Station
- Ken-Knit
- KCC
- Reale Hospital
- St Luke’s Hospital
- Boma Inn Hotel
“Our Chebara Water Treatment Plant will however be operational during the period of the supply from the Sosiani Plant,” said Eldowas.
ELDOWAS is the Uasin Gishu County-owned company that is mandated to supply water to customers within the Eldoret Municipality.
The company produced about 43 million litres of water daily, against a demand of over 60 million litres.
But due to the deficit, it usually applies water rationing to some of its customers.
There have been ongoing efforts to construct two new water supply plants that once complete will address the water shortage menace.
There, however, is already ongoing construction work for the Kipkaren Dam Water Project with works on Two-Rivers Dam also expected to start soon.
