At least 45 per cent of water produced by water companies is lost through theft, leakages and wastage, costing the country Sh11.2 billion annually, a Senate watchdog committee heard on Tuesday (August 1, 2023). The Water and Sanitation Providers Association (Waspa) revealed that the losses have left several water companies staring at insolvency. Commercial losses, he explained, emanate from illegal connections or water theft, meter errors, meter reading inaccuracies and unmetered connections. Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media GroupHe added that water theft is perpetrated by customers from both low-income and high-income brackets, water vendors, public and private institutions, among others. To ensure the water companies remain afloat, he urged the national government to allocate them conditional grants to cover the non-revenue water.

Source: Daily Nation August 02, 2023 06:43 UTC