Nkhata Bay Water Supply and Sanitation Facilities

In 2022, President Chakwera commissioned the Nkhata Bay Water Supply and Sanitation Facilities, a project that has increased access to clean water and improved sanitation in Nkhata Bay Town and surrounding areas. The project is benefiting over 105,000 people and its infrastructure is designed to service any sort of demand up to year 2040.

Nkhata Bay Town was long earmarked as an important port in terms of trade, logistics and the antire blue economy. It therefore is incumbent upon authorities to uplift the town into a modern locality with all the basic services.

Components of the project include installation of new water transmission and distribution pipelines, storage tanks and installation of over 5000 water new connections including 135 communal water points to extend water supply to low-income areas and households.

The sanitation and hygiene improvement aspect has seen construction of solid waste management facility, upgrading of liquid waste treatment plant and construction of 23 sanitation facilities in public schools and markets.

There has also been provision of skip carriers and bins for solid waste collection and transportation, vacuum truck for liquid waste collection and transportation and sensitization to over 20,000 people on improved sanitation and hygiene.

In addition, the project has facilitated the planting of over half a million tree seedlings for catchment re-afforestation.

The project, financed by the Government of Malawi and African Development Bank, is considered a key facility not only for Malawi but the region because it will expand prospects for further growth of Nkhata Bay Town into a key centre for the Mtwara Development Corridor. The development corridor aims at connecting Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia.

Nationally, the project has led to development of new infrastructure across many sectors of the economy thereby complementing the growth of trade and business facilities at Nkhata Bay Town.