Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has come to the aid of Civil Sporting Club through a donation of football uniforms and accessories amounting to K1.6 million. The Club’s chairman a Mr. Fatchi, hailed LWB for the timely gesture. He promised to use the donation to boost the team’s morale to finish in top four of the […]
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has assisted the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) in reducing Non-revenue Water (NRW) which comes due to leakage of water pipes, theft and illegal water connection among others. This comes after the recent launch of JICA’s four year project dubbed Project for Strengthening the Capacity of NRW Reduction for Lilongwe Water Board. […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has drilled 24 plumbers in modern plumbing techniques in a bid to improve its service delivery. The plumbers are from three LWB zones namely northern, central and southern zones. The drilling exercise invited eight plumbers from each zone. LWB Director of Corporate Services, Moses Mwenye said LWB decided to drill the […]
Contractor of the K400 billion Lilongwe-Salima Water Supply Project, Khato Civils, has said it is ready to start with construction activities anytime once Malawi government concludes the loan agreement with the financiers and warned that there are financial consequences if the contract is terminated. The Salima-Lilongwe Water Supply Project seeks to pump water from Lake […]
Malawi government has been urged to be decisive on the K400 billion Lilongwe-Salima Water Supply Project project as the contractor Khato Civils of Simbi Phiri is fet ti find a new financier for the project. Lilongwe Water Board (LWB), the client in the project, and the contractor Khato Civil had signed the financing agreement with […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) says the mining of graphite in Malingunde in Lilongwe by an Australian mining firm will negatively affect supply of water in the Capital City. An Australian mining company is investing US$49 million in Malingunde, Lilongwe where it wants to mine graphite. LWB general manager Alfonso Chikuni said Malingunde is the catchment […]
The Lilongwe Water Board has been crowned as the Water Service Provider of the Year during the sixth edition of African Utility Week Industry Awards which took place on Wednesday 15th May, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. Lilongwe Water Board won the award after overcoming competition from Umgeni water, Hessequa municipality and Ontec Systems […]
The Lilongwe Water Board and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Engineer Alfonso Chikuni have been nominated for the sixth edition of African Utility Week Industry Awards to take place on Wednesday 15th May, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. Lilongwe Water Board has been nominated and shortlisted for the Water Service Provider of the Year […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has intensified its quest to curb illegal water connections among customers within the city in order to improve on its service delivery. LWB Assistant Public Relations Officer, Maurice Nkawihe said this in an interview on the progress made so far in line to illegal water connections. He said LWB has step […]
Residents of Area 18A in the capital Lilongwe, who were affected by a sewer mix about a year ago, are blaming government for not intervening since the occurrence of the incident. In July 2017, the residents woke up to a rude awakening and discovered that their piped water—supplied by the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB)—was contaminated with […]
Chief Executive Officer for Lilongwe Water Board Alfonso Chikuni says his organisation is leaving no stone unturned to make sure that it continues to provide clean water this rainy season as one way of fighting cholera. Some populous townships in the city have in the past rainy seasons been affected by cholera leading to avoidable […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) on Friday handed over two bus shelters to Lilongwe City Council (LCC) along the Likuni Road. LWB chief executive officer Alfonso Chikuni presented the shelters to the council on Friday during the commissioning of the board’s customer call centre. He said LWB constructed the shelters as one of its corporate social […]
In a quest to serve its customers better, the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has set-up a Customer Call Centre with simplified and innovative features, making it easy for customers to communicate with the Board and be assisted effectively. LWB launched the Call Centre in a definitive cocktail event on Friday evening (7th December, 2018) which was […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) chief executive officer Alfonso Chikuni has said they will start rationing water in Lilongwe and warned that the water supply would get progressively worse in the coming years. Chikuni said there is low water levels in its reservoirs and that “there is high probability” for rationing of water by November. He […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB)has finally rolled out prepaid water payment system starting with government institutions which are main culprits in bill payment default. LWB Chief Executive Officer, Engineer Alfonso Chikuni said the partnership between his company and TNM Mpamba gives LWB customers a chance to transact any day of the week and at their most […]
The High Court in Lilongwe on Friday failed to hear a classic case in which residents of Area 18 in Lilongwe took three state organisations over contaminated drinking water which had faeces. Chairman of the concerned residents in Area 18, Leonard Phiri said Judge Fiona Mwale adjourned the mediation after lawyers for Lilongwe City Council […]
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) on Wednesday donated K500 000 to the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter to assist the organisation towards office project. In June 2017, MISA Malawi Chapter established a fundraising team W hich included Baldwin Chiyamwaka, Blessings Kanache, Grace Nachiola, Andrew Massa, Martin Kalima, Titus Mtegha, Steve Zimba Wilkins Mijiga, Mrs. […]
The Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Court has convicted and fined Hanna Sitima for stealing water through illegal connections. Sitima, 48, was arrested on Tuesday 27th March, 2018 during an operation by Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) and Malawi Police Service after it was discovered that she illegally connected water supply to her premises in Area 47. […]