Sanitation Services

In the year 2019, the company expanded its mandate to incorporate sanitation and this included change of name from ‘sewerage’ to ‘sanitation’. This was orchestrated by amendments made in the Water Act 2016 that required all the water service providers in the to expand and adopt the sanitation feature. KIWASCO boast of two sewerage treatment facilities, Kisat Conventional Sewerage Plant, with a capacity of 8,000m3 per day and Nyalenda Oxidation ponds with a capacity of 18,000 m3 per day. Currently, only an estimated 18 per cent of the city’s residents are connected to the central sewerage system. Other customers use alternative options such as pit latrines and septic tanks.

Exhauster Services

We acquired two exhausters to help in emptying the septic tanks at affordable rates within Kisumu city and its environs.

Charges:
0 to 10km -Ksh 3,000 flat rate fee
For every additional Kilometer we charge an extra kshs 400.

NB: All faecal wastes are discharged at the Nyalenda Oxidation Ponds- Lagoon.

Sale of Sludge

Sludge from the waste water treatment plant is sold at affordable rates to be used in tree and flower planting.

It is charged at a rate of Ksh 500 per tonne.

Treatment of waste water

We have two sewerage treatment facilities; Kisat Conventional Sewerage Plant established in the year in the year 1965 with a capacity of 8,000m3 per day and Nyalenda Oxidation ponds with a capacity of 18,000 m3 per day.

1. Kisumu Pit emptiers

In the low-income areas, more people use pit latrines which they empty from time to time. The pit emptiers had numerous challenges that included; emptying in the open areas, working only at night since the job was seen as degrading among other challenges.

To help clear this up, Kiwasco in partnership with WSUP engaged these groups and have since helped them in;

• Capacity building,
• Allowing them to dispose in Kiwasco lagoons,
• Equip them with relevant tools for the work
• Branding of the groups
• Demystifying the fecal waste in the communities

This has positively resulted to behavior and attitude change in regards to waste disposal in the low-income areas ensuring that “shit” ends up to its right disposal site.

NB: All faecal wastes are discharged at the Nyalenda Oxidation Ponds- Lagoon.