Lusaka Water Company Wins Award at Paris Summit Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company has been voted among the best four water utilities in the developing world by the Highly Commended Water Leaders Awards at the 2014 Global Water Summit in Paris. Global Water Awards is an annual event designed to reward excellence and innovation and recognizes achievements, projects and technologies which have made waves in the water industry. This year’s awards were held in Paris – France, and presented by Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Nobel Peace Laureate and UN Goodwill Ambassador for water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Africa. Lusaka Water was voted amongst the best four utilities in the developing world that were eligible to receive the Water Leader’s awardfor 2014. The other three were ABSA of Argentina, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board of India and National Water and Sewerage Corporation of Uganda. Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company Managing Director, George Ndongwe said that in 2013 and 2014, the water utility company remarkably made significant progress in improving the lives of people in various communities through the improved supply of water and sanitation services. Ndongwe said the company is delighted to be recognized by Global Water Intelligence as one of the best four water utilities in the world with a Global Water Leaders Award. He added that as a utility, they have made a lot of strides in improving the lives of people in Lusaka through various projects that have benefited over 500 thousand people and that the award is a motivation to employees of LWSC. Ndongwe explained that the company recently completed the construction of a new water treatment plant in Luangwa district and completed rehabilitation of the Kaseba water treatment in Kafue which has resulted in increased hours of water supply to almost 24 hours daily. Other projects include the installation of new water connections in Libala South, Kamwala South, Hillview Chalala, Kaunda Square Stage One and various commercial boreholes to improve water supply in Woodlands, Nyumba Yanga, Kabanana, Ngombe, Chainda and many other areas within Lusaka Province. This is contained in a statement issued to Hot FM News by company Marketing and Public Relations Manager Topsy Sikalinda. zambiareports/2014/04/18/lusaka-water-company-wins-award-paris-summit/
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 05:45:38 +0000
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