Water, Sanitation and Natural Resources - Mombasa County

For the last two days, The CEC for Water, Sanitation & Natural Resources Hon. Tawfiq Balala accompanied by The Chief officer Eng. Keno, BoD Director Atul Patel and Mowasco's MD Anthony Njaramba among other Water staff paid a visit to the water sources in Kwale , Kilifi and Voi to see where the water that we use come from.

The sources visited are Marere which supplies 4,000 cubic meters a day, Tiwi boreholes - 1000 cubic meters, Baricho Water works 18,000 cubic meters and Mzima Springs supplying 8,000 cubic meters.

Mombasa as a County does not have its own water source and therefore depends on water from these neighbouring counties, which give us an accumulated average of 30,000 cubic meters against our demand of 200,000 cubic meters.

Today, The chief Officer for the Department of Water Mr. Abdulwahab Mbarak with Water Director Mr. Nassoro, had the priviledge of hosting The President of Kenya H.E Uhuru Kenyatta accompanied by our Governor H.E Hassan Joho among other dignitaries at our ASK sHow stand.
The Governor briefed the President on progress made for the upcoming Desalination Project, and the benefit it will bring to the people of Mombasa.

Earlier today at the ASK annual Show happening in Mombasa where The County Government of Mombasa through the respective Departments are showcasing their work in the County stand.

The Show is taking place at Mkomani Show Grounds from 4th September to 8th September 2019.

You are all welcome to come and learn about what we do in the Department, our current and upcoming projects and interact with the County Government of Mombasa as a whole.

Yesterday the Chief Officer - Department of Water, Sanitation & Natural Resources - Mr. Abdulwahab Mbarak joined the Managing Director of Mombasa Water, Sanitation and Supply Company (MOWASSCO) Mr. Anthony Njaramba, to flag off the sportsmen and women from MOWASSCO who will travel to Embu County to represent us in the annual WASCO Sports meet that will take place from 20th to 24th August, 2019.

The Water Companies Sports Organization ( WASCO) is a sporting forum that brings together all the Water Companies in Kenya to not only compete in friendly disciplines but also provide an opportunity for the players to benchmark in the sector best practices and share ideas with an objective of enhancing work efficiency.

We wish our team all the best in the competitions.

This morning the County Executive Member in charge of Water, Sanitation & Natural Resources Hon. Fatma Awale together with the Chief officer Mr.Abdulwahab had a productive meeting with Chief Executive Officer of Coast Water Mr. Jacob Torutt, at the Mombasa County Water and Sanitation offices.

Key on the agenda was increase in thebulk water supply from the current 33,000 Cubic meters against a demand of 200,000 daily for the 1.2million population of Mombasa.
Additionally they discusssed on how to ensure stable power supply at all our key water pumping stations to eradicate unwarranted water supply interactions.

Furthermore, this meeting serves to seek collaboration in the expansion of the water pipelines and repair of the dilapidated water pipes to enhance sustainability and consistency in the supply of the precious commodity to the residents of Mombasa.

Due to an electrical fault and power fluctuations at the Baricho Water Works that has disrupted operations; normal pumping to the Nguu Tatu reservoirs has been interrupted and consequently supply to our customers as per our scheduled program has been affected.

The relevant bulk supply technical team together with KPLC personnel are on site to ensure the problem is rectified as soon as possible.

The affected areas are Mombasa Island, and northern coast areas including Shanzu, Bamburi, Nyali, Mtopanga, Kongowea, Kisimani, Kisauni, Mishomoroni.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused even as we reiterate our commitment to serve you.

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Coast water firms to foot own power bills Move expected to stop frequent power cuts over unpaid bills.

This afternoon the CECM in Charge of the Department of Water, Sanitation and Natural Resources Ms. Fatma Awale presided over the official handing over of the outgoing Chief Officer Mr. Kombe to the incoming Chief Officer Mr. Abdulwahab Mbarak who comes from the Department of Trade, Tourism and Investment.

Mr. Kombe will be moving on the same capacity to the Department of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Energy.

The changes were effected to enhance service delivery to the residents of Mombasa.

May the Almighty comfort the family of Mr. Jordi Dalmau and all the others affected by the fateful plane crash of Ethiopian airlines. Ameen.

IDA expresses heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the family of Mr. Jordi Dalmau Sayol and to his colleagues at Almar Water Solutions. A member of IDA, Jordi was a well-respected expert and colleague in the field of desalination and water reuse working with Almar Water Solutions. Jordi passed away yesterday in the tragic plane crash of Ethiopian Airways flight 302. His career included working in Spain, China, USA, and Chile. Yesterday, Jordi was flying to Kenya to start his new role as Managing Director of the Mombasa Desalination project. Jordi will be missed by many, but never will be forgotten by those who were fortunate enough to have known him. May his soul rest in peace.

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Mombasa County has been shortlisted to host the International Desalination Association (IDA) Global Water Congress in 2021.

This is a biennial Water Congress widely recognized as the premier global event for the desalination and water reuse community. Started in 1985, it has now been hosted in 17 cities around 12 countries none of them in Africa.

Mombasa, Kenya bidded to host the Congress among 14 other cities across the world and is now in the top four finalists against Daegu Korea, Sydney, Australia and Melbourne, Australia.

The officials from IDA including their Scretary General Shannon Kathleen arrived in the County this week for a two day site visit where they held a press conference with H.E Deputy Governor Dr. William Kingi, the CEC for Water Fatma Awale and officials from the Ministry of Water and Sanitation.

This Congress comes at an opportune time when Mombasa County is embracing the Desalination Project.