Taita Taveta Water and Sewerage Company is seeking to put up new infrastructure at Njoro-Kubwa and Kitobo springs to increase water production.
The company is also banking on the completion of the Mzima II water project to enhance supply in the county.
Board chairman Houghton Mombo said Tavevo has developed a 10-year plan to propel the company to a leading provider of water and sanitation services in the country.
He said the strategic plan is geared towards increasing the number of water and sewer connections, increasing collection efficiency as well as improving billing accuracy.
“This plan marks our commitment to ensuring improved provision of water and sanitation services to all residents in partnership with other key stakeholders in the sector,” Mombo said during a stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday.
Increased revenues, he said, will ensure adequate finances for funding infrastructure projects, which will in turn generate more revenue for the company.
Key to the strategic plan is to increase water production from 15 million to 60 million litres per day and putting up a water pipeline network by 50 kilometre per year.
The company is also keen to reduce water losses from the current 35 per cent to 20 per cent by 2032.
On sewer and sanitation services, the company is looking at building a fecal sludge treatment plant with 2,000m3/day capacity and a sewerage system with 20,000m3/day capacity in the next 10 years.
“We are targeting to increase annual billing from the current Sh360 million to Sh612 million. This will be done through increased collection efficiency from 90 to 98 per cent,” he said.
To achieve the plan, Mombo said the company will strengthen its fiscal stability by increasing billing and collection efficiency and pursuing other sources of funding from Sh2.8 billion to Sh15 billion by 2032.
Tavevo managing director Richard Ngwatu said the plan will guide the company's daily operations.
“This strategic plan shall provide a roadmap and focus towards achieving universal access to water and sanitation services within the company’s service area,” he said.
To mitigate the effects of climate change, Ngwatu said, the company will establish and implement disaster preparedness plans such as continuous protection of water sources, conservation, increased storage and limit wastage.
The county is waiting for the national government to implement the Mzima II water project that would put to rest water scarcity in the region.
The Mzima II project, which will not only supply water to Taita Taveta but also to the coastal counties of Kilifi, Kwale and Mombasa, is set to produce at least 65,000 cubic metres of water per day.
