DR. SILVER MUGISHA INDUCTS NEW STAFF
The NWSC MD Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha gave a lecture of opportunity to the newly recruited Kampala Water Engineers and Technicians. In his remarks, he mentioned that his visit was aimed at appreciating the recruitment process and share a strategic picture of NWSC. He gave reason for the change in training style to include physical […]
NWSC Guarantees water supply reliability for over 170,000 residents of Sembabule
The people of Sembabule have one more reason to smile as the long awaited Water Supply Improvement Project is now complete, and the Area can now receive reliable water supply services 24/7. Swamped with a number of challenges, Sembabaule is a good place now considering the fact that when NWSC took over the Sembabule water […]
NWSC gives back in honor of “Global Hand Washing Day”
Founded by the Global Handwashing Partnership, Global Handwashing Day is an opportunity to design, test, and replicate creative ways to encourage people to wash their hands with soap at critical times. It is an annual global advocacy day dedicated to advocating for handwashing withsoap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases and […]
Entebbe Area Minimizes Water Losses in Washing Bays
The Entebbe Area has rolled out an exercise to ensure that it minimizes water losses across all branches. The Area has embarked on installing meter boxes with seals on all meters for washing bays and suspected accounts. These seals have a serial number that uniquely identifies them and will help in tracking when they are […]
Understanding NWSC’s Pro-Poor Policy
In fulfilling its mandate, National Water and Sewerage Corporation promotes an integrated approach in a way that is sustainable and most beneficial to all urban communities regardless of their socio-economic status. Despite the commercial orientation of its operation the Corporation has a social mission to fulfill in line with government objective of increasing safe water […]
Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction Approaches in the Northern Region
Non-Revenue Water (NRW) is the difference between the cubic meters of water that are distributed into the water distribution network and the cubic meters that are invoiced with the customer. It includes real losses (physical losses, such as leakages), apparent losses (commercial losses, such as illegal water connections) and unbilled authorized consumption (such as water […]
NWSC plants 10,000 trees to Commemorate Uganda’s 59th Independence
Oh, Uganda! the land that feeds us, By sun and fertile soil grown; For our own dear land, We shall always stand, The Pearl of Africa’s Crown. The last stanza of the National Anthem says it all and what better way to honour it than nurture “the land of beauty”. This, National Water and Sewerage […]
NWSC flags off 5 to Netherlands
The Training & Capacity Development department today flagged off a team of 5 NWSC staff who were awarded scholarships to study a one year Masters in Sanitation degree from IHE Delft in the Netherlands. The scholarships are funded by both NWSC and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in line with the Strategic Priority Area […]
NWSC Top Management breathes more life into the Kampala Water 30Billion Dream
The Deputy Managing Director-Finance, Mrs. Sylvia Alinaitwe Tumuhairwe and the Director Business and Scientific Services, Dr. Rose Kaggwa, have given a thumbs up to the House 2 House initiative underlining it as one of the best performance enhancement initiatives and a leap towards the 30B dream, that will soon be a reality. Mrs. Tumuhairwe alluded […]
Kampala Water ties with over 150, 0000 customers
Kampala water service area has connected with over 150,000 customers under its House 2 House customer service enhancement plans Commenting on the initiative, at the Kansanga Branch House to House flag off, the General Manager, Mr. Mahmood Lutaaya hinted on the fact that over 150,000 customers have been visited and the team is focusing on […]