The Guma Valley Water Company has announced through a notice dated the 24th August, 2022 that it will start Saturday operations in its offices in Freetown.

In the notice, the Company informed that it offices at Regent Road Wilberforce, Kissy Bye Pass Road and Lamina Sankoh Street will be opened for business this Saturday, the 27th August, 2022 and every Saturday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Check out notice below:

Guma Valley Water Company was established on 14th April 1961 by an Ordinance of Parliament and has the primary objective of providing safe and affordable water to the residents of Greater Freetown. The 1961 Ordinance that created the Company was repealed and replaced by the Guma Valley Water Company Act No 6 of 2017.

The Guma Valley Water Company Act No. 6 of 2017 expanded the mandate of the company to cover the whole of the Western Area with a population of 1.5 million residents.

Guma Valley Water Company relies principally on a single source, the Guma Dam, with over 90% of the total water supply to Freetown supplied from the Guma Dam and the Guma Water Treatment Plant at Mile 13.

Other sources include Kongo Dam, Sugar Loaf, Charlotte Weir, Blue Cemetery, White Water, etc.; however, all these secondary sources are seasonal and only supply during the rainy season to early dry season period.

Guma Valley Water Company have undertaken extensive laying of submains to many communities in the Western Area totaling about 20km which represents an increase of 240% since 2018.

The Company has also increased it customer base from 22,000 in 2018 to 24,000 in 2020 representing a 10% increase.

Guma Valley Water Company have increased it revenue by 50% since 2018 and doubled its output since 2016.

The Company last had a Tariff review in 2016 and have since submitted a Tariff Application to the Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission in February 2021.

The Company is currently undertaking several projects such as the Freetown Water Supply Rehabilitation Project, Freetown Water Supply Master Plan, Freetown Emergency Recovery Project, Freetown WASH and Aquatic Environment Revamping Project, Mambo, Hamilton and Waterloo New Gravity Schemes which will rehabilitate existing infrastructure and also build new ones to improve on the current water supply situation in the Western Area.