GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 12825

in accordance with the requirements of section 139 of the Water Act, 2016. After considering the application, the written and oral submissions by all stakeholders during the consultation period, and based on the latest available data, WASREB has determined an upward tariff review for ELDOWAS is justified to improve service delivery, operate sustainably and protect consumer interests by meeting the tariff conditions attached to the tariff. WASREB gives a one (1) months’ notice to all existing and potential customers of ELDOWAS that the approved tariffs for the five financial years 2024/2025, 2025/2026, 2026/2027, 2027/2028 and 2028/2029 shall be as follows: 5 Approved Tariff Structure for the period 2024/2025 to 2028/2029 1.1 Water Tariff Consumer Categories Consumption Block Approved Tariff (M3) (KSh./M3) Domestic/Residential 1-6 130 7-20. 135 21-50 140 51-100 145 101-300 150 >300 160 Multi-Dwelling Units Per M3 135 Commercial/Industrial/ Government/Institutions 1-50 140 51-100 145 101-300 150 >300 160 Public Schools, Colleges and Universities 1-600 135 601-1200 145 >1200m3 160 Unique Consumer Categories Bulk Water Supply Water (Per M3) 92 Water Kiosks Per M3) 130 Customers with non-functional meters shall be billed based on the average of the last three months’ bill. 1.2 Sewer Tariff Consumer Categories Consumption Block Approved Tariff (75% of water Consumed) (m3) (KSh./M3) Domestic/Residential 1-6 90 7-20. 95 21-50 100 51-100 105 101-300 110 >300 115 Multi-Dwelling Units Per M3 110 Commercial/Industrial/ Government/Institutions 1-50 100 51-100 105 101-300 110 >300 115 Public Schools, Colleges and Universities 1-600 100 601-1200 110 >1200m3 115 Sewerage consumers without a water connection shall be charged as follows: • Domestic customers without a metered source of water (Per Single dwelling unit): KSh. 300 Per Month • All other categories: 75% of the volume of water consumed as per the metered source of water including boreholes, at the rates specified in 1.2 above. 1.3 Indexation The utility’s approved tariffs for water and sewerage shall be eligible for annual indexation as per the regulations of the Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB). The inflation adjustment shall come into effect every July of the tariff period commencing July 2025. 1.4 Miscellaneous Charges Item/ Service Charge (KSh.) Water Deposit Category of consumer THE KENYA GAZETTE 4th October, 2024 Item/ Service Charge (KSh.) Domestic 2,500 Retail shops less than 10m3 3,000 Retail shops more than 10m3 3,500 Bar and restaurants less than 15 m3 4,000 Bar and restaurants more than 15 m3 6,000 Hotel class “A” and “B” less than 150 m3 12,000 Hotel class “A” and “B” more than 150 m3 15,000 Hotel class “C” and ‘D’ less than 150 m3 18,000 Hotel class “C” and ‘D’ more than 150 m3 20,000 Hospitals and Health centres more than 150 m3 20,000 Hospitals and Health centres less than 150 m3 12,000 Schools and other institutions more than 200 m3 20,000 Schools and other institutions less than 200 m3 10,000 Minor construction sites of more than 200 m3 15,000 Major construction sites more than 300 m3 50,000 Light industries less than 200 m3 30,000 Medium industries between 200 m3 and 300 m3 50,000 Heavy industries of more than 300 m3 100,000 Water Kiosks 5,000 Customers with only sewer connection are to be charged a deposit equivalent to a water connection Other Charges Service New water connection fee – Connection size: ½ inch to 1 inch 2,500 New water connection fee – Connection size: 1.5 inches to 3 inches 7,500 New water connection fee – Connection size above 3inches 15,000 Water Reconnection fee – at meter point 1,000 Water Reconnection fee – at mains 5,000 and double deposit Tanker – 7000 and 18,000 litres 2,500 and 6,000 respectively per tanker within ELDOWAS area for all consumers Sale of water Per M3 at bowsing point (own tanker) KSh. 130 Replacement of stolen or damaged meters 100% of the market cost of the meter Meter testing on request 500 Sewer Connection- Residential/ Domestic 5,000 Sewer Connection- Commercial, Government, Schools, Universities and Colleges 7,500 Sewer Connection- Industrial 15,000 Private sewer unblocking 2,500 Leak detection services 1,000 Sewer Reconnection fee 15,000 Statement of account fees 200 For cutting off the supply at the request of the consumer 200 For turning on the supply otherwise than in respect of a first connection 200 Exhauster Services (Company Exhauster) 5,000 for other customers and 4,000 for informal settlements Private Exhausters (Dumping into the company’s sewer system) 15,000 per Truck per month Penalties Illegal water connection, -Commercial, Industry, Construction (Fraud) 100,000 plus estimated consumption during the period of illegality Illegal water connection, – Domestic (Fraud) 30,000 plus estimated consumption during the period of the illegality Overcharging (fraud) at water kiosk 15,000 Illegal sewer connection- Commercial, Industry, Construction 100,000 Illegal sewer connection- Domestic, Government, Schools, Universities & Colleges 30,000 Self-reconnection after cut-off for non-payment 5,000 and billing to be backdated from the date of cut-off Surcharge for tampering with meters (this to include meter removal, reversing of meter etc) 5,000 Surcharge for direct suction of water from the supply line using a pump 10,000 2.0 Cost Summary Below is the summary of the recommended cost structure that makes up the total costs to be incurred by ELDOWAS during the tariff period: Expenditure Item 2022/23 (KSh.) 2023/24 (KSh.) 2024/25 (KSh.) 2025/26 (KSh.) 2026/27 (KSh.) 2027/28 (KSh.) 2028/29 (KSh.) Operations 741,207,794 815,328,573 856,790,433 890,801,251 948,731,725 1,015,749,424 1,049,866,169 Maintenance 74,586,539 78,315,866 71,785,000 73,360,000 76,350,000 77,175,000 79,795,000 Regulatory Levy 24,646,564 31,101,000 66,946,194 67,233,736 66,463,792 67,033,096 67,593,722 Total O&M Costs 840,440,897 924,745,439 995,521,627 1,031,394,988 1,091,545,518 1,159,957,519 1,197,254,891 Investment Costs 177,020,108 88,510,054 357,385,666 342,845,576 304,028,550 322,324,341 322,672,780 Debt Repayment 64,142,894 76,018,766 71,635,564 70,605,095 69,574,626 78,989,005 77,748,590 Total Costs 1,081,603,899 1,089,274,259 1,424,542,857 1,444,845,658 1,465,148,693 1,561,270,866 1,597,676,260 Total Billing (KShs) 776,617,523 777,525,007 1,624,592,465 1,631,781,024 1,646,459,370 1,660,991,868 1,675,300,364 Collection Efficiency (%) 104% 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% Projected Revenue 805,548,822 738,648,757 738,648,757 1,543,362,842 1,550,191,973 1,564,136,401 1,577,942,275 1,591,535,346 Total Cost Coverage 74% 68% 108% 107% 107% 101% 100% 3.0 Conditions attached to the tariff approval 4th October, 2024 THE KENYA GAZETTE The conditions attached to this approval which shall form part of the license conditions of ELDOWAS are: i. Service Delivery Conditions attached to the Tariff Target 2022/2023 2023/2024 2024/2025 2025/2026 2026/2027 2027/2028 2028/2029 Water Coverage (%) 82% 83% 83% 84% 84% 85% 85% Sewerage Coverage (%) 37% 38% 41% 44% 47% 50% 53% Water quality standards (%) 93% 100% 100% Compliance with Standards Personnel Expenditure as % of O&M 50% 44% 43% 43% 43% 42% 42% Non-Revenue Water 38% 38% 38% 37% 36% 35% 34% Hours of Supply (Hrs.) 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 Staff per 1000 connections 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 Metering ratio (%) 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Collection Efficiency (%) 121% 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% Resale at Kiosk 5.Ksh per 20-litres. (i) Annual budgets: The WSP shall adhere to the budgetary levels set in the tariff. (ii) Surpluses: The surpluses realised during the tariff period shall be used to implement priority service delivery capital projects approved by WASREB. (iii) Reporting: The utility shall submit quarterly performance reports to WASREB in the prescribed format. (iv) Creation of distinct water and sewer cost centres: ELDOWAS will ensure it creates separate water and sewer cost centres within the first year of this tariff period. A distinct record of operations of the two centres should be maintained. (v) Investments: The utility shall undertake the investments in Table 1: Table 1: Investments The following projects are earmarked for implementation within the proposed tariff period Project Details 2024/2025 2025/2026 2026/2027 2027/2028 2028/2029 1.0 Asset Renewal 1.1 Sosiani Treatment Replacement of Sosiani 300L air compressor 600,000 - - - - Replacement of Sosiani water collection troughs - 5,000,000 - - - 1.2 Quarry Treatment Replacement of AQ range valve actuators 6,000,000 - - - - Quarry 14kW submersible recirculation pumps - - 9,000,000 - - Quarry 33kW submersible waste water pumps - - 12,000,000 - - Quarry waste collection auto manual step screen - - 15,000,000 - 1.3 Lab Equipment Replacement of various water and wastewater testing equipment 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 1.4 Tools Calibration of FMU 90 Prosonic meter 400,000 400,000 - - Replacement of Gravity dosers - 2,400,000 - - 1.5 Chebara Treated Water Main &Water Distribution Network Replacement of Chebara DN 600 raw water valve - 1,200,000 - - - Replacement of Chebara backwash pump No.1 motor - 250,000 - - - Replacement of Chebara community pump No.1 - - - - - Replacement of Chebara backwash pump No.2 - - - 1,000,000 - Replacement of auto manual step screen - - - 800,000 - 1.6 Boundary Treatment Boundary 5.9kW submersible sludge pumps - 4,000,000 500,000 - - Boundary 17kW submersible recirculation pumps - 10,500,000 - - - 1.7 ICT Assets E-board (10No user license) - 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 Sub-Totals 9,500,000 24,950,000 28,300,000 20,800,000 4,000,000 2.0. Extension of sewer lines 2.1 Serwer Civil Construction Works Annex Sewer Pipeline Project 12,786,688 - - - - Last Mile connectivity 30,000,000 - - - - KIE Sewer Project 10,457,670 - - - - Ngomongo Sewer Project - 30,788,720 - - - Last Mile connectivity - 20,000,000 - - - Ngurunga Sewer Project - 3,609,113 - - - Shauri Estate Sewer - 3,271,208 - - - Last Mile connectivity - - 20,000,000 - - Block 10 Sewer Project including branch 1 to branch 4 - - 22,786,755 - - Annex Community Sewer Project - - 14,694,430 - - Last Mile connectivity - - - 20,000,000 - Upper Juniorate - - - 2,250,000 - THE KENYA GAZETTE 4th October, 2024 Project Details 2024/2025 2025/2026 2026/2027 2027/2028 2028/2029 Salim Dola Sewer Project - - - 3,167,640 - Segero-Kipkenyo Sewer Line - - - 26,603,295 - Last Mile connectivity - - - - 30,000,000 Kipkorgot Sewer Extensions Project - - - - 19,270,152 Kipkenyo-Euro Sewer Extensions Project - - - - 4,102,510 Sub-Totals 53,244,358 57,669,040 57,481,185 52,020,935 53,372,662 3.0 Replacements of Sewer Networks Kona Mbaya Rehabilitation 754,860 - - - - Rehabilitation of Manholes 6,853,200 6,853,200 6,853,200 6,853,200 6,853,200 Mwanzo Rehalitations 13,542,454 13,542,454 13,542,454 13,542,454 13,542,454 Kambi karatasi Sewer Project - 5,833,184 - - - GK Prisons - 30,717,822 - - - Shauri-Havard Sewer - - 15,308,749 - - Sub-Totals 21,150,514 56,946,660 35,704,403 20,395,654 20,395,654 4.0 New Assets Ellegrini Dam Fencing of the dam 1,000,000 - - - - Two Rivers Dam Fencing of the dam - 1,000,000 - - - Moben Dam Fencing of the dam - - 3,000,000 - - Kapsoya Treatment Purchase of 77 KVA Standby Electric generator 3,500,000 - - - - Installation of Kapsoya electrical winch 1,800,000 - - - - Installation of Kapsoya CCTV - 1,030,660 - - 5.0 Chebara Treated Water Main & Water Distribution Network Design and construction of aeration chamber at Chebara drinking water treatment plant 11,221,028 - - - - 6.0 Boundary Treatment Automation of Boundary pumping stations 2,500,000 - - - - 7.0 HQ office FireProof Safe-HR 2,000,000 - - - - 8.0 ICT Assets Routers HQ and Areas 500,000 - - - - POE Network switches 500,000 500,000 500,000 - - Implementation of Active Directory 2,240,000 - - - - Document Management System - 7,000,000 - - - ICT Assets tagging, tracking, and managing Software 240,000 - - - - Email & Website Hosting 1,000,000 - - - - E-board (10No user license) 1,500,000 - - - - 9.0 ERP Movement to cloud Resource acquisition-Cloud (1 TB hard drive space plus 100 GB RAM, 2 processors 16 cores) 5,000,000 - - - - Existing ERP and Billing Systems Modules Maintenance + Enhancements for emerging new system changes/requirements 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 - - Acquisition and implementation of Technical Processes Module (4 Water Treatment Plants and 2 Sewerage Plants) - - - 8,000,000 Implementation of Automatic Dosing system-4No TWs - - 16,000,000 - - 10.0 GIS Proposed GIS System - ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Pro Perpetual license - - - - 18,378,054 customer identification survey 7,000,000 - - - - Purchase of 1No. RTK survey equipment - 4,000,000 - 11.0 Quarry Treatment Automation of Quarry recirculation pumping station - 1,200,000 - - - Automation of Quarry recirculation pumping station - 1,800,000 - - - 12.0 Naiberi Treatment Plant Installation of Naiberi electrical winch - 1,800,000 - - - Installation on CCTV - 697,180 - - Replacement of pumps - - - 679,180 - 13.0 Lab Equipment Purchase of water monitoring vehicle complete with a mobile water testing unit. - - - 6,000,000 Purchase of Atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) for Elemental and heavy metal monitoring in water and wastewater. - - - 8,000,000 14.0 Motor Vehicles Purchase of 1No. double cab pick-up for PDC - 7,500,000 - - 15.0 Storage facility Construction of Kapsoya Main Store - - 7,000,000 - - 4th October, 2024 THE KENYA GAZETTE Project Details 2024/2025 2025/2026 2026/2027 2027/2028 2028/2029 16.0 Kipkaren Installation CCTV System - - - - - - - - - 521,500 Sub-Totals 41,001,028 21,800,000 29,227,840 20,679,180 24,899,554 17.0 NRW Reduction Sub-Totals 70,949,538 79,699,538 61,449,538 65,199,538 61,449,538 18.0 New Water Pipelines 19.0 Water and Civil Works Constructions Annex 7,392,564 KESSES Water Extension Project - 11,120,382 - - - Kidiwa Affordable Housing Project - 9,056,187 - - - Marura-Samro - - 6,930,756 - - Railway City Affordable Housing Program - - - 13,955,424 - Kesses Moi University Water Project - - - - 8,276,457 Sub-Totals 7,392,564 20,176,569 6,930,756 13,955,424 8,276,457 20.0 Replacements of Water Networks Kidiwa Kipchoge pipe replacement 4,346,517 - - - - Baringo pipe replacement 4,535,811 - - - - Lower Elgon view pipe replacement 14,260,512 - - - - AC Posta Flats pipe Replacement 9,225,038 - - - - Moi-Girls Dola Water Project 18,001,640 - - - - Replacement of uPVC Pipes to HDPE 5,900,700 - - - - Kamanda-Dutch Pipe improvement 3,995,607 - - - - Rehabilitation of water chambers 4,500,000 - - - - Eldoret West Replacement - 10,695,321 - - - Railway Pipe Replacement - 7,192,206 - - - Chebarus pipe replacement - 7,155,540 - - - AC Kamanda Dutch Replacement - 3,125,237 - - - AC Mayabi Pipe replacement - 4,696,703 - - - Replacement of uPVC Pipes to HDPE - 5,900,700 - - - Rehabilitation of water chambers - 4,500,000 - - - Marura-Samro pipe replacement - - 6,930,756 - - AC Kidiwa Replacement - - 40,991,500 - - Replacement of uPVC Pipes to HDPE - - 5,900,700 - - Rehabilitation of water chambers - - 5,118,582 - - Mayabi-Dutch pipe improvement - - 4,500,000 - - Koffi Anan pipe replacement - - - 4,630,206 - AC Arya-Cool Pipe replacement - - - 22,985,626 - Replacement of uPVC Pipes to HDPE - - - 5,900,700 - Munyaka-Bahati pipe replacement - - - 12,170,243 - Rehabilitation of water chambers - - - 4,500,000 - Munyaka-Bahati pipe improvement - - - 12,170,243 - Kamanda-Dutch Pipe replacement - - - - 3,995,607 Replacement of uPVC Pipes to HDPE - - - - 5,900,700 Rehabilitation of water chambers - - - - 4,500,000 AC Sosiani-Dutch Tank Replacement - - - - 116,991,691 Sub-Totals 64,765,825 43,265,707 63,441,538 62,357,018 131,387,998 21.0 Pro-poor-Sewer Kamukunji Extension 1 71,003,785 - - - - Kamukunji Extension 2 - 32,338,062 - - - Huruma Extensions - - 21,493,290 - - Langas Sewer Project - - - 8,325,975 Harvad-High School Sewer - - - - 2,383,605 Slaughter Sewer line - - - - 5,504,935 Sub-Totals 71,003,785 32,338,062 21,493,290 8,325,975 7,888,540 22.0 Community Water project(8No) Koingnyilil Water Project - - - 70,760,859 35,380,430 Progressive Water Project Kapsubere Water Project Chemarmar Water Project Sergoit Water Project Kapsinende Water Project Tugen estate Water Project Sergoit hill Water Project Sub-Totals - - - 70,760,859 35,380,430 Total 339,007,612 336,845,576 304,028,550 334,494,584 347,050,834 Dated the 6th September, 2024. RICHARD K. CHERUIYOT, MR/6547681 Ag. Chief Executive Officer, Water Service Regulatory Board. THE KENYA GAZETTE 4th October, 2024