More than 800,000 residents of Nakuru County are expected to get water from Itare dam to be constructed in Ndoinet, Kuresoi South.
The Sh38 billion dam will supply water to residents of Salgaa, Ngata, Kuresoi, Molo, Njoro, Rongai and Nakuru town.
“The dam will provide piped water to four subcounties in Nakuru County,” Rift Valley Water Services Board MD Japheth Mutai said.
The water project includes construction of the dam, a tunnel, treatment plant and laying of pipes
The project will be undertaken by Muratori and Cementitsti of Ravenna, Italy, which won the tender in September last year. It is expected to be complete in 2018.
The 57m-high dam, which is expected to produce 100,000 cubic metres of water in a day, will have three permanent tributaries that include Sondu, Ndoinet and Songol rivers.