WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT :

NAIROBI CITY WATER AND SEWERAGE

COMPANY PERSPECTIVE Eng. Philip Gichuki

Managing Director

Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Ltd

Content

• Introduction

• Sustainable Development Goals baseline data

• Kenya Vision 2030

• Legal provision on water quality management in Kenya

• Water quality monitoring in Nairobi

• Catchment conservation initiatives

• Socio Connection Policy

• Leveraging on Technology

Introduction

• Nairobi is the capital city of Kenya

– It has a population of about 4 million

– The city is an economic hub for East Africa Region

• Under vision 2030, Nairobi city is to be a world class commercial center

– Improving WATSAN services for the city is therefore a high priority

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG)

• Kenya adheres to the

2030 Agenda for

Sustainable

Development Goals

adopted by UN

member states at the

70th UNGA summit

held in 2015.

KENYA VISION 2030

• Water and Sanitation sector is

under the social pillar

• The target is to attain

universal (100% ) water

coverage by 2030

• It is anchored on three

pillars: Economic, social

and political.

LEGAL PROVISIONS ON WATER QUALITY

MANAGEMENT IN KENYA

The constitution

• Article 42 of constitution confers to every person the right to a clean

and healthy environment…

• Article 43 (d) confers to every person the right to clean and safe

water in adequate quantities…..

• Article 70(1) guarantees clean environment as a claimable right by

any member……

LEGAL PROVISIONS ON WATER QUALITY

MANAGEMENT IN KENYA

Environmental Management and Coordination Act,1999 (EMCA)

• Provides for the establishment of the framework law on

environmental management and conservation …...

The Standard Act, (Chapter 496 of the Laws of Kenya)

• Establishes Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)

• KEBS have set standards for drinking water in Kenya

Water Act of 2016

• Establishes Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB)

• WASREB regulate water services

– Under the regulations WASREB provide Guidelines for

monitoring drinking water quality

WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN

NAIROBI: SAMPLING POINTS

• The geo-referenced sampling points

cover the food chain from source to tap.

– Selection is based on areas prone

to contamination such as

unprotected sources, loops,

reservoirs, low-pressure zones,

extremes ends of the system,

densely populated areas, public

institutions;

• Sampling points are uniformly

distributed throughout a network

Catchment Areas

Treatment plants

CATCHMENT CONSERVATION INITIATIVES

Establishing of Nairobi Upper Tana

Water Fund

• The Nature Conservation has

mobilized stakeholders to establish

a water fund for Nairobi and Upper

Tana to support protection of the

head waters

• It is an endowment fund supported

by the stakeholders’ contribution

• NCWSC water tariff has a

provision for catchment

conservation

• Stakeholders of the fund include

private and public sector

SOCIO-CONNECTION POLICY

Policy Objective

• Increase access to water and sewerage

services in Low income settlements

• To ensure affordability of the services to

low-income households

• Innovative financing of connection through

micro-credit scheme.

About 40% of the Population in

Nairobi live in Low income

neighbourhood

LEVERAGING ON TECHNOLOGY

Reducing Cartels in water

supply

Ensuring services to the people in a

clean and reasonable environment

Reducing water

losses using

sensors

• Nairobi city water and

sewerage company has

rolled out a program to

install 2000 automatic

water dispensers in low

income settlements

Thank You for your Attention

Nairobi Skyline by Clara Sanchiz Nairobi National Park Parliament of Kenya Building by Jorge Lascar