The national water and Sewerage Corporation, Uganda’s main water utility has announced a crisis at its Ggaba substation leading to an interruption in the supply across Kampala capital.
The water supplier announced that their electricity counterparts, UMEME have a planned power shutdown at the Ggaba substation.
Power is used to pump water from Lake Victoria. This is in turn supplied across the city.
NWSC took to their social media platforms and warned the public to harvest enough water and use it sparingly ahead of tomorrow’s one-day dry spell.
Read the Statement below;
REMINDER
The Management of National Water and Sewerage Corporation wishes to inform its esteemed customers and the general public that there will be interruptions in water supply on 11th June, 2016 due to a planned power shut down by UMEME at our Gaba substations, from 8am-5pm.
This is to enable UMEME engineers carry out maintenance works to improve power supply at the substations; consequently, the entire Kampala water service area will be affected.
Customers are therefore advised to store enough water and use it sparingly. We regret any inconveniences caused and thank you for your patience.
For more information, please call our Toll free helpline on 0800 200 977 0r 0800 300 977.
You can also follow us on twitter @nwscug .
