Mbale Water Supply & Sanitation: A Quiet Step Forward for Eastern Uganda with DERUMANN
Mbale District · Package 2 · 51 km pipelines · 1 booster station · 5 public toilets
Started: Package 1 in March 2024 · Package 2 on 1 October 2024 · Substantial works by late 2025 · Commissioning through 2026
The Mbale Water Supply and Sanitation works are not a loud story. They are the kind of municipal upgrade that people notice only when water finally arrives at the far end of the network: 51 km of distribution pipelines, the Nyondo booster station, and five public toilets for busy and underserved parts of town. DERUMANN supported parts of the technical coordination for this water supply project, mostly behind the scenes, helping drawings, specifications and site queries stay aligned without slowing the programme.
Package 1 began in March 2024, followed by Package 2 on 1 October 2024. By late 2025 the booster station and mains were substantially in place, with commissioning and handover carried through 2026. DERUMANN supported parts of the technical coordination, mostly behind the scenes, helping drawings, specifications and site queries stay aligned without slowing the programme.
Drainage, power and lighting were treated as one system rather than separate add-ons: sewer and sludge facilities, three-phase power to the booster station, and street and safety lighting along the renewed routes. DERUMANN’s role here was practical: checking interfaces between mechanical, electrical and civil works so the booster station, pumps and controls made sense as a single asset.
No one party owns the credit. NWSC and the Ministry of Water and Environment set the direction; the contractor builds; the consultant verifies. DERUMANN simply sat close enough to the engineering detail to keep decisions consistent and reduce rework, present when needed, invisible when things were running well.
For Mbale, the result is less dramatic than a headline and more useful than one: steadier pressure, better sanitation, safer public nodes, and a network that should still make sense in 2040.
