The Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company (NWSCO) on Sunday released a table showing how water will be rationed in the county's major estates.
This comes barely a week after the company alerted the public on an imminent shortage in capacity of water at the Ndakaini dam that serves as the city's main water reservoir.
NWSCO managing director Philip Gichuki said the rationing is expected to go on until the start of the long rains expected in March.
“We have been forced to reduce the number of distribution. If an estate was receiving water for four days we will be forced to reduce it to three days and those receiving for five days will now get water for four days,” Gichuki said.
He urged the city residents to use their little water sparingly because there was risk of a prolonged rationing should the rains delay.
“We want to urge the residents of Nairobi to use the little water they will be receiving well so that we can get to the long rains and ensure that might see an increase in the levels at the Dam,” he added.