Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC) has announced that several estates in Nairobi will face water shortages or low pressure following Friday's electricity outage.
In a statement on Sunday, September 1, NCWSC noted that a transformer at the Gigiri Pumping Station failed to energise after power was restored on Saturday morning.
Due to the failure, the company noted that it was unable to pump water from Gigiri reservoir to Kabete reservoir to augment water supply from Sasumua and Ruiru dams that serve west of Uhuru highway.
"On Friday, 30 August 2024, from 9.00 p.m., Nairobi City County experienced power outage alongside the rest of the country. When power resumed at 5.30am, our 5mva 66/3.3kva transformer stepdown at Gigiri Pumping Station failed to energize.
"This being a highly specialized equipment, we sought technical assistance from Kenya Power and Lighting Company for fault diagnosis. Since yesterday, we are with Kenya power engineers on site working," NCWSC stated.
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Affected areas include those along Limuru road, including Parklands, Ngara area, Aga Khan Hospital, University of Nairobi School of Law and City Park area, Gigiri, United Nation-Gigiri, new Muthaiga and Red Hill.
Areas along Naivasha Road, Kikuyu Road, Kawangware, Riruta/Satellite, Uthiru, and Ndwaru Road will be affected.
Other areas include James Gichuru Road, Lang'ata Road, Waiyaki Way, Riverside, Westlands, Lavington, Kilimani, and Kileleshwa.
Estates along Lang'ata Road, such as Madaraka, Karen, Lang'ata, and Kibra, as well as parts of South C, will also experience water shortage.
"We appeal to our customers for patience and urge them to use the available water sparingly as we work towards restoring normalcy at the earliest opportunity," NCWSC stated.
Update
Nairobi Water Company now says that repairs have been done and water supply has been restored to the affected areas.
Following the successful fault diagnosis by Kenya Power engineers, Repairs were undertaken and water supply restored to the affected areas on Sunday, 1st September, 2024 in the evening. pic.twitter.com/kMMJUf9hum
— Nairobi Water (@NairobiWater) September 2, 2024
