The Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC) has announced that several estates in Nairobi will face water supply interruptions following technical challenges along the Kabete–Kibera–Lang’ata pipeline.
In a notice issued on Sunday, August 17, the utility firm said the hitches had disrupted distribution in multiple estates, among them Lang’ata, Kibera, Kilimani, Lavington, Westlands, Parklands, Riverside, Kileleshwa, University of Nairobi’s main and Chiromo campuses.
Other affected areas include estates along Ngong Road, Langata Road, and Raila Odinga Road, such as Madaraka, Nyayo Highrise, Nairobi West, and Dam Estate.
The disruption will also affect two of the city’s major health facilities, the Nairobi Hospital and Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).
NCWSC said its technical teams were already working on the faults, urging residents in the affected estates to use stored water sparingly. It also assured customers that water tankers had been dispatched to supply water free of charge.
“We advise our customers to use their stored water sparingly. In the meantime, we have dispatched our water tankers to the affected estates for residents to draw water free of charge. We humbly request patience as we work to resolve the water supply failure,” read the statement.
This disruption comes months after a butterfly pump at Kabete Water Treatment Works broke down, forcing Nairobi Water to repair six pump motors and their electrical control panels to restore supply. That earlier failure affected estates along Naivasha Road, Kawangware, Gatina, Kabiro, Riruta Satellite, Dagoretti Corner, and Ngando.
