Nairobi residents from January will have to reduce their consumption of water after the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company (NWSCO) said it will reduce the supply of water in the city by 16%.
NWSCO explained the water rationing has been caused by the reduced percentage in rainfall per anum.
“The long rains stopped in the first week of May 2016 as opposed to mid-June, this means the recharge of the rivers has been poor and currently the flows are below normal affecting the recharge of the Ndakaini dam which is currently about 48 percent full,” the firm said in a statement.
The company explained in a statement released that the supply to the capital city will be reduced from 550,000 cubic meters per day to 462,000 cubic meters.
“This will enable the company to ration the available water in the reservoirs in order to sustain water supply to the city until mid-April 2017 when the long rains are expected and we will review the situation every two weeks and keep the public of the developments.” Read the statement.