The shortage has been blamed on three water pumps belonging to Naivasha Water Sewerage and Sanitation Company (NAIVAWASS) that blew up due to power upsurge.
Following the move residents of Kabati and Upper site which are the most affected have been forced to dig deeper into their pockets to get water.
Already, water vendors have doubled the price of a 20lt jerrican from Sh10 to Sh20 as the crisis headed to the fourth week.
According to one of the affected consumers Liz Wambui, the shortage had adversely affected sanitation in Kabati, Site and Lakeview estates.
Wambui added that water vendors had taken advantage of the situation to increase the price of water making it unaffordable to many.
“For the last three weeks we have not received a drop of water despite getting inflated water bills from the Naivasha water company,” she said.
Speaking on phone, the water company MD Joseph Theuri admitted that some estates did not have water due to the pump crisis.
He was however quick to add that engineers were working to revive the pumps adding that one of them was already back in operation.
“There was a power surge three weeks ago which blew up three pumps and this saw some estates go without water,” he said.
Theuri added that the company had been forced to use over Sh2m to repair the pumps located around DTI College off the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.
“Due to the crisis we had to ration water in some estates but by next week the problem will be resolved and water flow will be back to normal,” he said.
Meanwhile Nakuru county government has started unclogging the town’s drainage system following a visit by the governor Lee Kinyanjui last week.
According to Viwandani MCA Eric Gichuki, several streets that were affected by the floods had been cleaned in a bid to resolve the perennial problem.
“We have also managed to divert all water from Kinangop away from Naivasha town and the issue of flooding will now be a thing of the past,” he said.
-Anthony Gitonga