Steven Candia NEWVISION
13 June 2010
Kampala — National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has secured a £67m loan to construct a modern waste treatment plant in a bid to check pollution on Lake Victoria.
According to the NWSC principal analyst, Lance Okwerede, the project will include a new sewerage line, a sewerage treatment system and a power generation plant.
"We should be able to start work in September or October," he said in an interview at the Speke Resort Munyonyo, after a boat cruise to assess the level of pollution on Lake Victoria.
Under the project, sewerage treatment plants will be established at Lubigi, Inner Murchison Bay, Bwaise and Nalukolongo, Okwerede added.
The project seeks to revamp the city sewerage system, improve urban hygiene and sanitation and protect Kampala's natural environment.
NWSC also hopes to produce up to three megawatts of biogas electricity from the fecal sludge.
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