Reforms in the water sector
The Coast Water Services
Board was one of the
products of Water Reforms
that were initiated by the
culmination of the Water Act
2002. The purpose of these
reforms was to improve the
management of water
resources; improve access to
water and sanitation
services; enhance
accountability for water
resource management through
decentralized provision of
service and improve
utilization of water
resources, for both domestic
and irrigation purposes
The Water Sector reforms
aimed at achieving an
efficient and effective way
of managing water resources.
In order to enhance this
efficiency and
effectiveness, the Ministry
of Water and Irrigation
(MWI) continues to
vigorously implement the
reforms to improve service
delivery of water and
sewerage service to
customers.
The reforms took cognizance
of government policy papers
such as:
- The Economic Recovery
Strategy for Wealth and
Employment Creation (2003 -
2007),
- The Poverty Reduction
Strategy Paper (2002) which
outlines the priority
measures that are necessary
to achieve the twin
objectives of poverty
-
reduction and economic
growth, the government's
commitment to the
achievement of Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) on
water and sanitation by the
year 2015
- The Kenya Vision 2030,
which is the country's
development blueprint
- The National Water
Services Strategy
(2007-2015) , which aims at
the development and
monitoring of water and
sewerage services.
MESSAGES :.
Message from the Chief
Executive Officer
 We
at Coast Water Services
Board are proud to
launch our website.
We hope to bring you
news and views of the
Board's operations and
progress review, as well
as to enable you get
useful information about
our services in the
Coast region as a whole.
The Board is
committed to excellence
and we would like to
ensure all the residents
of the Coast that
delivery of clean water
and sanitation services
will greatly improve in
the near future.
We welcome our
customers to call the
Board offices and report
any incidences of water
contamination or
inadequate/unsatisfactory
services.
This initiative is
aimed at ensuring that
our board's vision of
providing world class
water and sanitation
services to the coast
residents is achieved.
Please feel free to
comment on our website
as this will enable us
be more focused on your
needs.
Mr. Andy Maro
Tola.
Chief Executive
Officer
Challenges
·
The
Coast Water Services
Board has the major
task of handling the
bulk water systems
unlike any of the
seven boards
nationally.
This has been an
arduous task as
resources have been
routinely diverted
to the maintenance
of the old and
dilapidated water
and sewerage
infrastructure,
whereas the
resources ought to
have been channelled
to the development
of new water and
sewerage assets, as
well as research
into new sources of
water.
· The
Boards’ water supply
system relies on
underground water.
The source of the
Mzima and Marere
water supplies is
springs.
The Baricho and Tiwi
water supplies
source their water
from wells.
With the degradation
of the environment
coupled with a
looming climate
change, this poses a
challenge for our
future water supply
sources.
· Water
theft through
vandalism of our
water
infrastructure,
illegal connections
and deliberate
puncturing of the
pipelines to access
water have all been
a thorn in the flesh
for the Board.
· Repairs
of bursts and leaks
is sometimes a
challenge because
the pipes were laid
down in difficult
terrain (rocky
terrain or in the
game parks where
there is danger of
attack by wild
animals).
This amounts to
lengthy repair work
that may interfere
with water supply
for unduly long
periods.
· The
population has grown
tremendously over
the last decade with
the Coastal
population at
3.3million in the
2009 census.
This has resulted in
the water demand far
exceeding the supply
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