16th November, 2015- The Minister of Infrastructure, Honorable James Musoni and the Minister of State in charge of Energy and Water, Honorable Germaine Kamayirese visited the New Nzove Water treatment plant under rehabilitation to supply more 25,000 cubic meters per day in the City of Kigali by December 2015.

Nzove III Water treatment plant is located in Nzove Cell, Kanyinya Sector, in Nyarugenge District. The visit was meant to assess the progress of construction and rehabilitation activities. The Infrastructure Minister James Musoni said, currently, Kigali city is supplied with 65,000 cubic metres of water per day yet it needs at least 110,000 cubic metres.

“Nzove III water plant is the first part of the project that will be followed by another to increase capacity to 120,000 cubic metres within nine months so that water demand in the city is satisfied,” he noted.

The plant is being funded to a tune of more than Rwf5 billion by the government of Rwanda with Culligan company undertaking the construction.
Kigali has in the past one year been struggling with water scarcity that has seen utility agency, the Water and Sanitation Corporation Limited (WASAC LTD) ration supply to city suburbs.

The rationing has left many city dwellers in frustration as taps go dry for days.
James Sano, the Chief Executive Officer of WASAC LTD, said another project from a water source in Mutobo will supply 40,000 cubic metres as parts of efforts to increase water supply to 160,000 cubic metres by 2020.

Another project in pipeline that is meant to address the issue of water shortage is in Bugesera District with a capacity to produce 40,000 cubic metres of water, will be established to cover some parts of Kigali’s growing population.

The latest plant will pump water from River Nyabarongo, unlike the current old plant that pumps water from underground sources – whose reduction in the water level is largely faulted for water shortage during the dry season.