The construction of Uganda’s Bugolobi-Nakivubo sewerage plant is substantially complete with about 95 percent of it’s electro-mechanical works in place and is projected to start generating electricity.
The facility located Bugolobi Nakivubo catchment area in Kampala, is Uganda’s largest waste water treatment plant and is also considered largest in East Africa and Central Africa.
According to the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC)’s managing director, Mr Silver Mugisha, the plant, set for completion in three to four months, will treat 45 million litres of waste water daily while generating over 630kw of electricity. This will be achieved through the use of biogas which will be used in the plant.
According to him, the plant will help to clean Kampala city through diversion and treatment of waste water from the heavily polluted Nakivubo channel. This is before releasing water into the Lake Victoria. The new plant will use advanced hassle free technology and bio-filters and will not smell. It will also serve the needs of 850,000 people.
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Moreover, there are chemical processes that have been introduced in the treatment stages to help reduce algae and subsequently improve the quality of water on Lake Victoria. The project includes an ultra-modern sewerage treatment plant in Bugolobi, a sewerage pre-treatment plant in Kinawataka, a sewerage pumping station on Kibira road and 31km of sewer network.
The NWSC deputy managing director Technical services, Mr John Amayo said that the pipeline will extend piped sewerage services outside the Central Business District, Old Kampala, Kiseka Market area, Kololo to Nakasero and other areas. It is being funded by government with support of African Development Bank, European Union and German funding.
The Bugolobi-Nakivubo sewerage plants comes four years after the commissioning of the Lubigi sewerage treatment plant in 2014.
