{"id":28350,"date":"2022-03-21T19:33:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T19:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=28350"},"modified":"2022-03-21T17:58:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:58:05","slug":"crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up","title":{"rendered":"Crisis looms as Mubende water source dries up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Residents in Mubende Municipality are on the brink of an acute water shortage after a major water source supplying the area dried up.<\/p>\n

Since 2006, National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has been pumping water it supplies to its clients in the area- from Katoma Dam.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to prolonged dry spells and massive encroachment on the swamp\u2019s boundaries by farmers, the water levels have drastically reduced, forcing NWSC to stop pumping water from the Katoma dam,\u201d a source within the firm said.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ:<\/b><\/p>\n

Climate change: No more excuses but actions<\/p>\n

Locals from the villages of Katoma, Kibyaayi, Booma and Kaweeri also draw water from Katoma dam.<\/p>\n

Ms Agnes Nakawooya, a resident of Kibyaayi Village blamed NWSC for \u201cfailing to desilt the dam for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore NWSC took over the dam, residents used to desilt it regularly, but they (NWSC) have neglected it,\u201d she said during an interview on Sunday.<\/p>\n

A resident March 19, 2022 walks at a water drained section of Katoma Swamp which supplies water for various purposes in Mubende Municipality. PHOTO\/BARBRA NALWEYISO<\/p>\n

Mr Charles Ssemwogere, the chairperson of West Division in Mubende noted that municipal authorities had directed NWSC to deal with the issue after a visit at the dam last year but less was done.<\/p>\n

He also partially attributed the dam\u2019s \u2018desertification\u2019 on defiant locals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe noticed that residents have encroached on the swamp that feeds the dam. We ordered them to swiftly halt their farming activities after sensitizing them about the danger they are posing to the water source. Some of them vacated last month but they had already caused damage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ:<\/b><\/p>\n

Why we are performing dismally in climate change compliance<\/p>\n

In some parts of Mubende Town, tap water was off by Monday morning with bicycle water vendors trading a 20-litre jerry can of water at Shs700.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur only hope is now is in the anticipated seasonal rainfall. If it delays, we will be finished,\u201d Mr Sulait Ssekiwunga ,a resident of Mubende Town said .<\/p>\n

Mr Ronald Lotette, the Mubende environment officer warned that more disaster awaits the district if residents continue to degrade the environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven other water sources will dry up if residents continue to ignore what technical people advise them to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ:<\/b><\/p>\n

Climate change effects: Uganda at a crossroads<\/p>\n

Mr Alex Nahabwe, the NWSC manager in Mubende urged calm amongst residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have three water sources including Katoma, Katabalanga and Kakywamango. Since water has reduced in Katoma, we can pump from the other two and continue serving our clients,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

NWSC is now constructing boreholes to help in case the situation worsens.<\/p>\n

The boreholes will be connected to the NWSC network around Mubende Town, according to Mr Nahabwe.<\/p>\n

NWSC currently serves 11,623 clients in Mubende Town against a target of 18, 6842 clients. The NWSC customer base in the town is largely domestic, commercial and public standpipes.<\/p>\n

[email protected]<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. Residents in Mubende Municipality are on the brink of an acute water shortage after a major water source supplying the area dried up. Since 2006, National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has been pumping water it supplies to its clients in the area- from Katoma Dam. \u201cDue to prolonged dry spells and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":28349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-28350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nCrisis looms as Mubende water source dries up - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Residents in Mubende Municipality are on the brink of an acute water shortage after a major water source supplying the a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Crisis looms as Mubende water source dries up\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Residents in Mubende Municipality are on the brink of an acute water shortage after a major water source supplying the a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-21T19:33:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/03\/img-6238bc96b01c6.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"688\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Crisis looms as Mubende water source dries up\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-21T19:33:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up\"},\"wordCount\":503,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/03\/img-6238bc96b01c6.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up\",\"name\":\"Crisis looms as Mubende water source dries up - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/03\/img-6238bc96b01c6.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-21T19:33:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Residents in Mubende Municipality are on the brink of an acute water shortage after a major water source supplying the a ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/03\/img-6238bc96b01c6.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/03\/img-6238bc96b01c6.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":688,\"caption\":\"Crisis looms as Mubende water source dries up\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Crisis looms as Mubende water source dries up\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Crisis looms as Mubende water source dries up - Uganda","description":"Residents in Mubende Municipality are on the brink of an acute water shortage after a major water source supplying the a ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Crisis looms as Mubende water source dries up","og_description":"Residents in Mubende Municipality are on the brink of an acute water shortage after a major water source supplying the a ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-03-21T19:33:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":688,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/03\/img-6238bc96b01c6.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Crisis looms as Mubende water source dries up","datePublished":"2022-03-21T19:33:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up"},"wordCount":503,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/03\/img-6238bc96b01c6.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Uganda","uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","community","homepage-english"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up","name":"Crisis looms as Mubende water source dries up - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/03\/img-6238bc96b01c6.jpg","datePublished":"2022-03-21T19:33:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Residents in Mubende Municipality are on the brink of an acute water shortage after a major water source supplying the a ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/03\/img-6238bc96b01c6.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/03\/img-6238bc96b01c6.jpg","width":1024,"height":688,"caption":"Crisis looms as Mubende water source dries up"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/crisis-looms-as-mubende-water-source-dries-up#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Crisis looms as Mubende water source dries up"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}