By Admin
The Commissioner for Water Resources Kano Alhaji Umar Doguwa says the Challenges hindering adequate supply of Portable drinking water to the teeming populace of Kano will soon be history as installation on procured modern water pumping machines is in progress.
Alhaji Umar Doguwa stated this when he visited Tamburawa water works treatment plant to inspect the Procured water pumps.
He said in an effort to ensure that enough portable drinking water was being supplied to the general populace of the state Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has Procurement ten number modern water pumping machines from South Korea and the equipments have already arrived Kano, installation is in progress.
Alhaji Doguwa noted that proactive measures have been implored to revived the existing water reservoirs which have been vandalized during the last administration.
The Commissioner maintained that over one point three billion Naira is being spent monthly on procuring water treatment chemicals and other logistics for effective supply of Portable drinking water to the teeming populace of the state.
He decried the evil acts of some people who tapped the water that was supplied to the people and reserved it in their tanks which they later sold to people,saying anyone found in such act will face the full wrath of the law.
He adviced irrigation farmers who also tapped water meant for public consumption to desist from such act with a view to adequate supply of Portable drinking water.
Alhaji Doguwa maintained that Kano State Government has invited CNG Conversion and installation experts to conduct the needed assessment for conversation of fuel using generators to CNG with view to cut down expenses of Generators fuel consumption.
He said efforts were also in place to installed solar power at small water treatment plants geared towards reducing the pressure of power supply on the Tamburawa water treatment plant.
The Commissioners said in the next thirty working days the newly procured equipments will be fully installed,saying immediately they start functioning the challenges of portable water supply Will be over.
He added that vandalism of water equipments will no longer be tolerated.
ABDULLAHI JALALUDDEEN KANO
