Residents in several Nairobi neighbourhoods have been urged to prepare for a 24-hour water supply interruption starting Monday, November 9, as the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company carries out pipe connection works along Waiyaki Way.
In a notice issued on Sunday, November 8, the utility company announced that the shutdown would take effect at 8:00 a.m. on Monday and run until 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10.
Nairobi Water stated that the interruption would facilitate the installation of new pipeline connections near Kianda School, a move aimed at improving water supply reliability in the affected areas.
"Nairobi City Water & Sewerage Company Ltd (Nairobi Water) wishes to inform its customers and the general public of a planned water supply interruption affecting several residential and commercial areas within Nairobi City," the notice read in part.
Among the areas expected to experience the disruption are Westlands, Riverside, Parklands and their surrounding neighbourhoods.
Other affected estates include Kilimani, Kileleshwa, Lavington, Upper Hill, Lower Hill and Madaraka.
The shutdown will also affect several major institutions, including Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi Hospital, Forces Memorial Hospital, Mbagathi Hospital, KEMRI flats and the Department of Defence (DOD). Uhuru Park is also among the listed locations.
In the southern part of Nairobi, residents in Dog Unit in Langata, Langata Women's Prison, Kibera and Jamhuri will experience the interruption.
Other affected locations include Amboseli, Hatheru, Chalbi, Kenya High, Woodley and neighbourhoods along Ngong Road.
The water company has advised customers in the affected areas to conserve the available water and use it sparingly throughout the scheduled shutdown.
The latest announcement comes days after Nairobi Water issued another notice detailing a separate planned interruption that affected several estates across the city.
The previous shutdown, which started at 3:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 5, and ended at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, November 6, was necessary to facilitate connection works on the Karimenu Transmission Pipeline.
It disrupted water supply in Kasarani, Mwiki, Clay City, Ruai, Njiru, Roysambu, Zimmerman, Kahawa Barracks, Kenyatta University, Kayole, Komarock, Soweto and Matopeni, among other neighbourhoods.
In October, Nairobi Water also announced a three-day water supply interruption running from October 26 to October 29 to facilitate emergency repairs on the NCT-Kigoro-Gigiri-Kabete pipeline.
That shutdown affected several parts of the city, including Westlands, Kilimani, Kileleshwa, Lavington, Kibera, Jamhuri, Upper Hill and sections of Langata.
