New on the block is the Construction of Sludge treatment facility and Additional clarifier stream, both at the Ggaba Water Treatment Plant in Kampala. 

The Senior Manager Water Production, Eng. Andrew Muhwezi, while hosting the Corporation’s Managing Director Dr Eng. Silver Mugisha, gave a brief of the progress of works and the environmental benefits that the project Sludge treatment facility will bring in terms of raw water quality improvement and safe guarding the natural filter that minimizes lake pollution. 

In the case of the Additional Clarifier Stream; This highly efficient water treatment line will utilize Dissolved Air Flotation Technology (DAF) and is expected to resolve a key operational bottleneck of Ggaba 1 treatment plant and ultimately restore the plant capacity to 72,000m3 per day, further stabilizing water supply in Kampala. 

Works are reportedly going utterly well and steadily especially with the test running and technical commissioning already underway. The projects are being constructed by Sogea Satom under supervision of Tractbel/GKW consults.

The awards, which are organized by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU), strive to uplift the quality of Financial and Sustainability reporting by various sectors in Uganda.

While receiving the award, the NWSC Managing Director, Dr. Eng. Silver Mugisha said the Corporation’s business approach aims at providing quality services to the people of Uganda, today and in the future.

Deputy Managing Director Finance and Corporate Strategy, Ms. Sylvia Arinaitwe applauded NWSC staff for their professionalism and commitment towards the achievement of socio-economic transformation of Uganda and the NDPIII objectives.

NWSC also scooped the second position in the Public Sector Category, in all aspects of total financial reporting. The corporation remains committed to Water for all.