Kampala: Fort Portal tourism City, one of the rapidly growing new cities in Uganda has a demand of water supply of 13 million liters per day. However, National Water and Sewerage Corporation’s (NWSC) supply capacity is only 4 million liters, leaving a deficit of 9 million liters per day. This, in a rapidly growing urban population in Fort Portal could put the lives of hundreds at greater risk.

Last Friday, the area MP Hon. Alex Ruhunda and NWSC in conjunction with Francaise de Development (AFD) launched a comprehensive feasibility study aimed at revamping the water supply and sanitation systems in order to address the above mentioned gap.

The project, will also cover other cities including Hoima and Lira and the feasibility study is estimated to last 13 months. The project is a joint venture between ADF and Government of Uganda through NWSC where the French donor has extended a loan of Euros 150m (shs665B) and NWSC Euros 15m.

While launching the project at Fort View Hotel in Fort Portal last Friday, AFD’s head of project Olivier Pannitier revealed that in the feasibility study they hope to come up with a modern, cost effective pre-design model for sewage system and water supply that will cover the whole city and neighboring areas in order to cater for future plans. He also revealed that they had already steps in the other two cities Hoima and Lira and that engagements had already started.