INSTALLATION OF PREPAID METERING SYSTEM Blantyre Water Board (BWB) would like to inform the public that from 3rd April 2017, it will start installation of pre-paid metering system in the following areas: Soche East, Nkolokosa A and B, Chitawira, Njamba, Chinyonga, Kanjedza, Chiwembe, New Naperi and Mudi Estate in that order. See attached notification for details.
WATER LEVEL AND POWER GENERATION UPDATE Malawi has been experiencing low to inadequate rainfall in the past ten years. As a result, the water levels in Lake Malawi which is the main reservoir for the Shire River have also been declining year after year. Normally by the month of January of every year, the water level in Lake Malawi is supposed to be 474.5 meters above sea level (masl). This year, however, it was 474.0 mas. This is 1.5 meters below the required levels for maximum and normal power generation throughout the year. The lake levels have been rising due to rainfalls that the country has been experiencing. As at 19th March 2017, the rise was by 0.65 masl to 473.65 masl LAKE LEVEL IMPACT ON POWER GENERATION With such drop in the lake levels, EGENCO Ltd continues to control the flow of the Shire River at Liwonde to ensure that there is adequate water harvested in Lake Malawi from the rains falling in the Central and Northern Regions. The water flow at Liwonde is being restricted to 115 cubic meters per second (cumecs) against the required flow of 260 cumecs for normal power generation. As such, power generation continues to be reduced to about 40% of the total capacity. WATER LEVEL FUTURE OUTLOOK Forecasts by the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services indicate continuation of rainfall. It is therefore expected that the water level in the lake will continue rising. EGENCO will continue monitoring the water situation and power generation will improve when the water levels are ascertained to have risen to the required levels.
Find attached a notification from the Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) and the Blantyre Water Board (BWB). EGENCO intends to carry out plant maintenance works at its Nkula and Kapichira Power Stations during the 2017 Easter Holidays and it is expected that this will affect the power generation capacity and also affect the operations of Blantyre Water Board at their Walker's Ferry Water Treatment and Pumping Station.
I would like to report a burst water pipe in Area 23 close to Don Bosco at the corner of Kaunda grocery
Attached is an interruption notice from Lilongwe Water Board on intermittent water supply from Monday 08th May to Friday 12th May, 2017.
No water supply in new Gulliver Lilongwe for the last 5 days
New Gulliver Area 49 has had no water supply for 5 days now. We took note of the interruption notice but it indicated that there would be no water supply on Friday only.
There is a leakage on our meter here in Area 1. The house is in the name of Kaonga next to Centurion bar. A plumber came to replace the previous meter we had and it seems it wasn't properly done.
Tikumwabe madzi a pa chitsime mpaka lero. Timatsekula mmimba pafupi pafupi. Chonde tithandizeni, amati sangatipatse mjigo poti tili dera la mu mzinda, koma madzi a mpope sanafike mpatali ndi ma paipi tokha sitingakwanitse. Tili mmalire a Masasa ndi Msongwe. Dera la mfumu yaing'ono Chifwayi. Mabanja okhuzidwa kwambiri ndi banja la Mphande, Kaira, Chirwa ndi Kaunda. Chonde fufuzani nkhaniyi tisafe ndi kolera boma lilipo. Ine ndi Jailos kaira 0881451910
Nancholi area around the main market we have not had water supply since sunday afternoon. Would they please assist us.
Kuno ku Chilomoni vuto lomwe tili nalo lalikulu ndikuvuta kwa madzi. Nthawi zambiri masana onse sitikhala nawo amatuluka usiku okha
See attached a notice from the Lilongwe Water Board on the second phase of the house to House Survey and Meter Validation Exercise