Mombasa Deputy Governor Dr William together with the County Executive Member in charge of Water and Natural Resources and officials from the Coast Water Services Board on Thursday visited the Baricho water treatment plant to assess the damage caused by the recent floods.
They were able to see how the embankment (the protective barrier to the pumps) of borehole number 1 on the upstream of River Sabaki had been swept away and the pump lost in the flood water.
Boreholes number 2 and 3 were covered with muddy water and all power components had been destroyed and some pipes swept away.
The 5 downstream wells were full of muddy water as well and all the access roads to the wells had been destroyed.
This incident has caused Mombasa County to experience a serious water shortage since most of the water supply comes from Baricho.
The Deputy Governor appealed to the National Government to help with the repair of the wells as soon as possible so that the County is able to receive water.
Kingi said the County Government of Mombasa is doing all that is possible to mitigate the scarcity of the important commodity by distributing the little water available to the most affected areas using water bowzers.
However, residents are urged to use water responsibly and try to harvest the rain water while it lasts.