Dry taps amid flooding: Nairobi Water announces rationing

In a statement on Sunday, the city water supplier noted that the ongoing flooding has damaged some of the supply pipelines which will see some areas receiving water with low pressure.

The rationed supply, done through the Equitable Water Distribution Program, will ensure each customer receives water at least once a week.

These areas include Fedha 1 Estate, Infinity Estate on Kagundo Road, Tumaini Estate, The Whole of Tassia, Avenue Park 1 & 2 Estates, Nyayo Embakasi Estate, Kware Road area Kwa Ndege, Lower Plot 10, Lexo and surrounding areas.

Other areas include Ngomongo, Korogocho, Matopeni-Kayole, Brookside Grove Westlands, Wangapala and Iregi Roads - Parklands, Cotton Road and Dennis Pritt Road - Kilimani, Chieko in Kasarani, Kamiti Road near Jacaranda, Kahawa Barraks and Kenyatta University. 

The water company intimated that the city is limited to the installed production capacity as the daily demand scales up to 900 million litres compared to the 525.6 million litres produced from the four water sources: Kikuyu Springs, Ruiru, Sasumua and Thika Dams. 

"The four have an installed maximum daily production capacity of 440 million, 61 million, 20 million and 4 million litres respectively," read part of the statement. 

"This means that even when we have our dams overflowing, the water supply will remain constant- We cannot go beyond the installed production capacity."

City dwellers have been urged to use water sparingly.