The Nalukolongo sewerage treatment plant in Uganda is set to commence operations by 2022. Around six acre of land has been procured for the project. In the next two to three years the plant will be able to drain Rubaga, parts of Mutundwe and Kabowa.
Additionally, the plant will host and treat the waste in-house, unlike the Kinawataka pre-treatment plant that pumps sewerage for final treatment at Bugolobi. The Nalukongo plant will be self-contained and receive and finish treatment there.
Also, the plant is one of the long-term sanitation programmes for Kampala stretching to 2033. A project appraisal report by the African Development Fund (AfDB) in 2017 highlighted the need for the government to expand the country’s sewer system.
The government of Uganda has constructed several sewage plants with funding from ADB. They include the Lubiigi treatment plant constructed in 2014, Bugolobi and Kinawataka pre-treatment plant.
A new plant will also be constructed in Kajansi to treat about 135 MLD of water alongside a sewage plant in order to improve the country’s sewerage system.