Working Areas
Information & Technology (GIS, IMIS, Smart Systems…)
Non-Revenue Water (NRW 1): Commercial Losses Management
Other
Organizations Involved
Ogun State Water Corporation — Lead Mentee
National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Kampala, Uganda — Lead Mentor
SDGs
6.4Increased water-use efficiency and sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater
Project description
Ogun State Water Corporation (OGSWC) of Nigeria and the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) of Uganda signed a Memorandum of Understanding in June 2012, in which both Corporations agreed to work and consult each other on ways and means of enhancing performance. The main objectives of this WOP consisted in reducing water losses, enhancing metering and meter management as well as improving GIS and customer mapping.
Project main objectives
1) To reduce water losses and illegal and unauthorized water uses
2) To improve Metering and Meter Management
3) To improve GIS and Customer Mapping
2) To improve Metering and Meter Management
3) To improve GIS and Customer Mapping
Most significant results
Needs Assessed, New Skills Acquired
Describe WOPs activities
• Signature of MOU 19th June 2012
• Diagnostic visit, 22nd - 26th April 2013
- Institutional assessment
- Performance Improvement Plan and Action Plan
• Benchmarking visit and training, 6th ‐12th April 2014
- Exposure visit and training of 10 staff members from OGSWC
• Monitoring visit and on‐the-job training, 24th - 28th Nov 2014
- On‐the-job training of over 10 staff members in GIS and mapping
- On‐the-job training of over 20 staff members in reduction of physical losses, reduction in illegal use, meter management and water balance
• PIP evaluation, 24th - 28th Nov 2014
- Final evaluation and successor PIP
Describe WOPs activities
• Signature of MOU 19th June 2012
• Diagnostic visit, 22nd - 26th April 2013
- Institutional assessment
- Performance Improvement Plan and Action Plan
• Benchmarking visit and training, 6th ‐12th April 2014
- Exposure visit and training of 10 staff members from OGSWC
• Monitoring visit and on‐the-job training, 24th - 28th Nov 2014
- On‐the-job training of over 10 staff members in GIS and mapping
- On‐the-job training of over 20 staff members in reduction of physical losses, reduction in illegal use, meter management and water balance
• PIP evaluation, 24th - 28th Nov 2014
- Final evaluation and successor PIP
Challenges
Not tied to ongoing processes