THE Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) has recorded a positive corporate performance during the first half of 2014.
According to LWSC public relations manager Topsy Sikalinda, the company was determined to continue improving service delivery in most parts of the city.
“We have talked about our challenges but now it is time to offer solutions because we believe that only through actions, will we be judged and our actions can now tell a positive story of how we are transforming the city of Lusaka with improved service delivery,” Mr Sikalinda said.
This is contained in the Strategic Revenue Improvement Report Programme (SRIP) released in Lusaka, which details a number of projects to be undertaken by the water utility company this year.
The report highlights corporate and residential areas to be covered aimed at improving water reticulation in the city.
Among the works to be undertaken, are commissioning of boreholes, the increase of water supply to residential areas and companies. Others are ongoing projects.
Among the works already undertaken and yet to be completed include; the increased water supply to the industrial area by upgrading Libala Water Works borehole pump from 350 cubic metres of water per hour to 500 cubic metres per hour and the increase water supply to Kabanana by approximately 1,700 cubic metres per day through commissioning of the newly drilled borehole in Kabanana.
In Roma Residential Park, water supply has been increased through commissioning of the borehole at Mulungushi Village Complex estimated to yield 1,200 cubic metres of water per day. In Woodlands Extension and Service Rock View, new development area has improved water supply to 960 cubic meters of water per day.
In Nyumba Yanga, boreholes have been drilled under funding from the Ministry Local Government and Housing with an estimated yield of 1,700 cubic metres of water per day.
The National Housing Authority (NHA) would benefit from the commissioning of three boreholes drilled at six miles on Kabwe Road while the SOS Village and the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) and North Gate Gardens will do the same.
Other concerns would be attended to by the construction of a ground reservoir, booster station and mainline expected to pump 2,400 cubic metres of water per day.
Some of the ongoing projects include the increase of water supply to the industrial area by approximately 7,700 cubic metres of water per day by extending the 375 milimetre pipeline along Mungwi Road.
The installation of a 4.5 kilometre pipeline from shaft five to Libala Water Works is also one major ongoing project that will see an increase of water supply to the industrial area by approximately 7,700 cubic metres of water per day through.
In Chainda, there is an ongoing project of increasing the area of influence for the Chainda borehole at Church of God premises, the estimated yield is 1,700 cubic metres of water per day.
The same is the case with Chelstone residential area where an increase in supply of water is expected to reach by 600 cubic metres per day.
Woodlands Extension (bedrock) and Rock View new development areas have an ongoing project aimed at improving water supply to through new installations of two elevated reservoirs at the boreholes site situated in the new Woodlands Extension.
In the same Woodlands area, in Chikoleka, the commissioning of two boreholes with an estimated yield of 800 cubic metres of water per day is still ongoing.
Some of the major projects that are on the pending list of the LWSC include the commissioning of NAPSA borehole in Nyumba Yanga that is expected to have an estimated yield of 1,296 cubic metres of water per day.
The other pending project  is the projected increase of water supply to Hillview and surrounding areas by 2,400 cubic metres per day by coordinating the supply and installation of a ground reservoir at Zion Hill situated in Hillview area.
The same is the case with Hillview and surrounding areas where water supply is projected to increase by 2,400 cubic metres per day through commissioning of three boreholes within Shaft five.