ITEN TAMBACH WATER SUPPLIES Iten town is served by Iten water supply whose main sources is Yokot dam

with a capacity of 250,000m3 Cubic Meters. The upper Yokot dam feeds the Lower Yokot dam. Pumping is done from the lower Yokot . Other dam details are as indicated below; 1) Upper Yokot 250,000m3 {2Km upstream (length) by 30M (Width)} 2) Lower Yokot 150,000m3 {200m upstream by 40m width)

Figure Yokot Dam Tambach is however served from Tambach spring. Other water sources include Chebokokwa B/Hole.

Figure: Tambach spring

Kamariny water pipeline The source of this pipeline is Kamariny spring .The spring is well protected

Figure : Kamariny spring PUMPING STATIONS There are four raw water pumping stations namely:-

1. Yokot Dam 2. Kamariny Intake 3. Tambach intake 4. Chebokokwa B/Hole

CLEAR WATER PUMPING STATION There is one clear water pumping at the treatment works within Iten town. The station boosts the water to high elevated areas such as police lines which cannot be supplied from the 150M3 low level ground tanks within the treatment works.

RISING MAINS The rising mains form the various intakes are as indicated in the table below; No. 1. 2. 3. 4. Name of water pumping station Yokot dam Kamariny intake Tambach Intake Chebokokwa B/Hole Length (Km) Production per day (m3) 8Km 900 3Km 4Km 2km 160 90 80 Size of pipeline 200mm 4Km 150mm 4Km 100mm 50mm 75mm

TREATMENT WORKS There is an existing treatment works located within Iten town It comprises of conventional facilities , chemical Mixing chamber, Flocculation unit, sedimentation unit and rapid sand filtration unit. The treatment plant is of capacity 300m3 per day.

Figure: Water Treatment Works DISTRIBUTION PIPELINES The distribution pipeline for Iten water supply is of total length 19.7 Kilometres with pipe sizes ranging from 150mmm diameter to 15 mm Diameter. Tambach water supply has a distribution of total length 6.5 Kilometres of assorted pipe sizes of 50mm to 15mm diameter. No. Name of Water Supply 1. Iten 2. Tambach Total length Length (KM) Sizes 19.7 150mm 15mm 6.5 50mm 15mm 26.2

TOTAL NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS Due to the Companys efforts to ensure metering to all the number of connections has increased from 1450 in the month of July 2011 to 1548 in March 2012. The flat rate connections have however reduced from 881 to 817. Metered connections have increased from 569 to 731 within the same period which represents 99% of the total connections.

Revenue and expenditure Revenue over a period of nine months has risen from Kshs280,000 from the month of July 2011 to Kshs. 911,786 in the month of March 2012.The expenditure has however risen within the same period from 534480 to kshs. 749,043

REVENUE VERSUS EXPENDITURE Comparison of the Billing versus expenditure indicates that the monthly expenditure is higher than the monthly billing leaving no profit as would be expected. The high expenditure is attributed to the distribution pipeline extensions and the meter installations carried out by the company at the time.

Staff There are sixteen(16) staff manning the water supply namely; 1. Managing Director 2. Accounts Clerk 3. Office Secretary 4. Plumber 5. Metere readers 1no 1No. 1No 1No 5No 1No 4No

6. Customer care officer 7. Casuals -

Constraints The water supply is faced with several constraints and cannot serve the present town population with an estimated water demand of 3500 M3. These constraints can be summarized as indicated here below;

i. The old pipeline which was constructed way back in the 1950s often bursts thus disrupting flow to the consumers i. Limited capacity of the of Treatment works

ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix.

Power disruption Lack of adequate storage facilities Huge electricity bills due to pumping units Insufficient water during dry spells Destruction of catchment areas Frequent siltation due to soil erosion Water lilies- vegetation coverage in the intake and dams Lack of adequate transport