The prevalent flooding situation in Nairobi has affected the supply of water in the city.
The Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company announced on Sunday, May 5.
According to the agency, the heavy downpours have not increased the capacity for supply from the four main sources namely; Kikuyu Springs, Ruiru, Sasumua and Thika Dams.
"The water is treated in Ngethu, Sasumua, Kabete Water Treatment Works and Kikuyu Springs. The four have an installed maximum daily production capacity of 440 million, 61 million, 20 million and 4 million litres, respectively. This totals the daily maximum design production capacity of 525.6 million litres per day against a daily demand of 900 million litres.
Our water supply to the City is, therefore, limited to the installed production capacity. This means that even when our dams overflow, the water supply will remain constant—we cannot go beyond the installed production capacity," the company said in its Sunday communique.
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The flooding in the city was reported to have washed away some of the main water supply pipelines.
This, according to Nairobi Water and Sewarage Company, affected supply services hence causing certain areas to receive water supply with low pressures.
It urged the residents of the affected areas to sparingly use the waters available owing to the imminent shortage.
The localities affected include; Fedha 1 Estate, Infinity Estate on Kagundo Road, Tumaini Estate, Tassia, Avenue Park 1 and 2 Estates, Nyayo Embakasi Estate, the Kware Road area, Kwa Ndege, Lower Plot 10, Lexo and surrounding areas, Ngomongo, Korogocho, Matopeni-Kayole, and Brookside Grove Westlands.
Others are Wangapala and Iregi Roads - Parklands Cotton Road and Dennis Pritt Road - Kilimani, Chieko in Kasarani, and Kamiti Road near Jacaranda, and Kahawa Barraks and Kenyatta University.
With the raging floods in the metropolis, several roads were recently closed.
The Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) temporarily closed the Eastern Bypass, Enterprise Road, and the Thika Bypass.
In a traffic advisory, KURA said the heavy rains experienced across the country rendered the three major roads unusable by motorists.
The Authority noted that a technical team together with traffic police officers have been deployed to the three roads to direct traffic and ensure safety.
Further, KURA warned motorists against attempting to cross the flooded sections.
The closure of the three major roads comes after a heavy downpour rocked various parts of the country, causing floods and disruptions.
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) on Tuesday closed the Embu - Meru (A9) Road at Mutunduri near Ena and the Oletepesi-Magadi Road in Kajiado County.
