For the past three years, Bali water system has suffered a high degree of neglect as a result of the activities of the Armed Separatists groups who chased and frustrated every Council Service Delivery efforts within the municipality. According to the municipal health services, the number of hospitalization relating to water borne diseases is recording an alarming increase.
In order to ward-off the eminent cholera outbreak and the ensuing vulnerability/susceptibility of the population to the dreaded threats of Covid-19, the council therefore prioritized water and energy on the 2020-2021 agenda. Currently, the council has already tailored her Immediate-Term Practical Intervention in, the rehabilitation / reconstruction of the Koplap water by gravity scheme, the Kutandsti water supply system (ongoing), Nwandikang water by gravity scheme and the rehabilitation/reconstruction of the Bangu and Bakali water points (engaged). These immediate interventions are programmed to be completed by December 2020. It
is expected to increase and stabilize the volume/quality of pipe borne water available to the population.
The Medium Term Plan is geared towards the completion of the Bawock water by gravity scheme, and the construction of a second pipeline (by 2021) from koplap catchment/treatment station into the Bali main supply network.