The Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company has warned that residents in several areas will face almost a two-day water interruption following planned maintenance at the Chebara Water Treatment Plant.
In a notice on Wednesday, September 10, the company's managing director, Lawrence Tanui, said that the interruption is scheduled from Wednesday, September 17 at 9am, to Thursday, September 19 at 9pm.
According to Tanui, some of the areas that will be affected by the interruption include Kimumu, the University of Eldoret, Marakwet Farm, Munyaka, Kapsoya, Action Estates, Rift Valley Bottlers, Bio-Corn, and Upper Elgon View.
Other areas include Eldoret Polytechnic, Annex, Langas, Racecourse, Kapsaret, Chepkanga, Marura, Kamukunji, Mwanzo, Old Uganda Road, and all customers along the Chebara-Eldoret Pipeline.
"This is to inform the public that there will be a temporary interruption in the water supply from the Chebara Treatment Plant," Tanui stated.
"This interruption is scheduled from Wednesday, 17th September 2025, at 9am and will continue until Thursday, 18th September 2025, at 9pm. The interruption is to facilitate essential routine maintenance," he added.
Tanui noted that water delivery tankers in these areas will remain unavailable; however, the other water treatment plants will remain operational to ensure the continuity of water supply to unaffected areas.
Eldoret city, which has a population of approximately 200,000 people, requires up to 65 million liters of water a day for seamless operations.
Water interruption in a city is not a new thing. Last month, Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company announced that more than ten areas would experience a water shortage due to a technical glitch along the Kabete-Kibera-Lang'ata water supply pipeline.
In a notice on Saturday, August 17, the company's managing director, Nahashon Muguna, confirmed that areas including the University of Nairobi, Kenyatta National Hospital, Westlands, Lang'ata, Kibera, Kilimani, Lavington, Parklands, Riverside, and Kileleshwa had been affected by the interruption.
Other areas include estates along Ngong and Lang'ata roads; estates along Raila Odinga Road, including Madaraka and Nyayo Highrise estates, Nairobi West, as well as The Nairobi Hospital.
"Our technical staff is working around the clock to resolve the problem. We advise our customers to use their stored water sparingly," Muguna stated.
"In the meantime, we have dispatched our water tankers to the affected estates for residents to draw water free of charge," he added.
