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PORT HARCOURT WATER CORPORATION 

Founded in 2012 

WATER AND SANITATION NEWS 

Quality is our goal….. 

PHWC e-Newsletter 

Issue 09 February 2017 

www.portharcourtwater.com 

EDITORIAL 

This edition of the Water and Sanitation News 

features a brief description of the Port Harcourt Water 

Supply and Sanitation Project in order to acquaint 

stakeholders with the complex details of the Project in 

preparation for eminent project activities. The 

engaged Consultants have long commenced the 

review of the project design. It must be recalled 

that once this process is 

completed, project 

activities will follow in earnest. 

Port Harcourt Water Corporation hosted delegates from 

the Federal Ministry of Water Resources at her Waste 

Water Treatment Plant, Eagle Island. The visit was to 

see what PHWC Management is doing right with the 

Waste Water Treatment Plant that can be replicated in 

other locations in 

Nigeria. 

UNICEF had in 2016 started the process of developing 

a tool that will assist WASH Experts to eliminate 

problems associated with governance and smooth 

management of the Sector. PHWC delegates were in 

Abuja in February, 2017 to demonstrate the outcome 

of that process in the WASH Bottleneck Analysis Tool 

WASHBAT 

Intervention Planning Workshop. 

PHWC was also represented at the Fecal Sludge 

Management Workshop in Chennai, India. The outing 

afforded the Corporation the opportunity to seek for 

partnership to enable her consolidate and expand 

activities on its Waste Water Treatment capacity. 

Importantly, the management of PHWC is rolling out 

massive stakeholders engagement activities to secure 

buy-in of all stakeholders into the Project. 

We hope you enjoy reading - Editorial Board 

Editor: 

Editorial Board 

Dennisada Fiberesima 

info@portharcourtwater.com 

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Staff Writers: Daisy Anderson 

(daisyanderson157@gmail.com) 

Helen Hosea 

(helfy4u@yahoo.com) 

Legal Adviser: Emmanuel Gilbert 

emmanuel.gilbert@portharcourtwater.com 

Consulting Editor: Christian Maduka 

christian.maduka@portharcourtwater.com 

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PORT HARCOURT WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION PROJECT 

By Christian Maduka 

Rivers State Government through the Port-Harcourt 

Water Corporation (PHWC) is implementing a project to 

provide water and sanitation services for the 

population of Port-Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government 

Authorities (LGAs). The project is part of a 

sector wide institutional reform embarked on by the 

Rivers State Government, and is planned to be implemented 

with parallel financing support by the African 

Development Bank (AfDB) under the Urban Water Reform 

and Port-Harcourt Water Supply and Sanitation 

Project, and by the International Development 

Association (IDA), hereafter also referred to as World 

Bank (WB), under the Third National Urban Water Sector 

Reform Project (NUWSRP3). The planned allocations 

to Rivers State include USD 200 million in AfDB funds 

and USD 80 million in IDA funds. The Rivers State 

Government co-financing amounts to USD 48 million. 

The current population in the two LGAs is about 1.3 

million, rapidly increasing, and expected to reach 4 mil- 

lion by 2040. Currently, its citizens do not benefit from 

any water services of acceptable quantity, quality or 

reliability standards, as the water system is considered 

to be largely non- functional. As a result, the population 

obtains water from a combination of private boreholes/shallow 

wells (directly in their household or 

bought through intermediate vendors) and water sachets, 

with varying quality, costs and availability. For 

sanitation, most households in 

Port-Harcourt and 

Obio/Akpor are served by toilets with on-site septic 

tanks or household pit latrines, while most public centers 

such as markets and lorry parks lack adequate 

facilities. The project aims to improve access to safe 

water supply and public 

sanitation services in Port- 

Harcourt and Obio/Apkor and also to establish sound 

performance and 

Harcourt Water 

of services 

long-term viability of the Port- 

Corporation to ensure sustainability 

provided. 

TO BE CONTINUED 

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MEET THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TASK TEAM LEADER FOR THE 

PORT HARCOURT WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION PROJECT 

The objectives of the Project include: 

 

 

Improving access to safe water supply and 

public sanitation services to the 1.3 million 

residents (expected to reach 4 million by 

2040) in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor, 

through rehabilitation and extension of the 

existing water infrastructure and construction 

of public sanitation facilities; 

Institutional support & development to PHWC 

for establishment of sound performance 

and long-term financial viability of Port Harcourt 

Water Corporation to ensure sustainability 

of services provided 

Thomas Mugoya 

Mr. Thomas Robert Mugoya is the African 

Development Bank Task Team 

leader in the AfDB, World Bank and Rivers 

State Government of Nigeria cofunded 

Port Harcourt Water Supply and 

Sanitation Project. 

The population in the project area is primarily 

low income households, which 

requires special considerations in delivery 

mechanisms and tariff setting therefore, 

the use of monitoring tools to track 

impact of sector interventions on the 

poor, vulnerable populations and impacts 

by gender will be promoted and 

advocated for in the project. 

Supporting the Federal government in facilitating 

water sector reform at the federal level, 

through the FMWR, which will support the establishment 

of a framework that strengthens 

transparency and efficiency of the Federal 

level's support to the States. 

Country Director of AfDB Nigeria Dr. Ousmane Dore 

and Tom Mugoya during the Project Launch 



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PORT HARCOURT WATER CORPORATION WAS AT WASH BOTTLENECK 

INTERVENTION PLANNING WORKSHOP AT ABUJA NIGERIA. 

Port Harcourt Water Corporation delegates 

were among the WASH Stakeholders from 

Rivers State who assembled in Abuja with their 

counterparts from Bauchi State from 7th to 9th 

of February 2017 to discuss and agree on 

actions and strategies towards eliminating the 

identified bottlenecks; develop costed plans 

towards implementing the identified actions as 

well as build partnerships and mobilize 

supports towards the actualization of the 

plans. Earlier in July 2016, the Federal Ministry 

of Water resources in collaboration with 

WASH Sector development Partners: UNICEF, 

World Bank, African development bank, 

European Union, UKAID etc. conducted a 

global launch of WASH Bottleneck Analysis Tool 

in Nigeria with Bauchi and Rivers as pilot 

states. To follow up actions and recommendations 

at the launch, this meeting tagged; 

WASHBAT Intervention Planning Workshop was 

scheduled to take place in February 2017. 

Bottleneck analysis is a systematic identifica- 

tion of factors preventing the attainment of 

sector objectives and to 

identify the specific 

causes of these bottlenecks and how they can 

be removed, leading to accelerated progress in 

coverage and use of services by poor and vulnerable 

people. At the Workshop, the UNICEF 

developed Excel WASHBAT 2.0 online based 

software already in use in 15 countries of the 

world was demonstrated to all 

participants. 

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FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES PERSONNEL VISITS WASTE 

WATER TREATMENT PLANT OF PORT HARCOURT WATER CORPORATION 

A delegate of senior sanitation staff from Federal 

Ministry of Water Resources FMWR Abuja led by 

Mrs. Ngozi Agbowo visited Port Harcourt Water 

Corporation to understudy the pilot Waste Water 

Treatment Plant of the Corporation at Eagle Island 

Port Harcourt for possible scaling-up and 

replication in other states of Nigeria. The Team 

had a meeting with the Managing Director of 

PHWC Mr. Kenneth Anga on arrival before 

proceeding to the site of the Plant. The PHWC 

Waste Water Treatment Plant Manager Mr. Dennis 

Wokoma received the group at the Plant and 

conducted them round the facility. Mr. Galadima 

the outgoing Executive in-charge of Sanitation at 

the Ministry said that Mrs. Agbowo will henceforth 

be engaging with the Corporation on issues of 

sanitation and waste water treatment. In her 

response, Mrs. Agbowo said: “We are sent here to 

look at the facilities you have on the ground in 

waste water treatment to see how we can replicate 

The FMWR Delegates with PHWC Waste Water 

Plant Manager Mr. Wokoma 

The FMWR Staff with MD Port Harcourt Corporation 

Mr. Kenneth Anga in his Office. 

The FMWR Delegates at the Waste Water 



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TREASURE CHILD ACADEMY TOURS PORT HARCOURT WATER CORPORATION. 

As part of its transparent policy to share 

knowledge of its operations with the public and 

promote knowledge of WASH in schools within its 

area of dominant influence, the management of 

Port Harcourt Water Corporation has continued 

to host corporate visitors to its facilities. The 

staff and students of Treasure Child Academy 

Port Harcourt visited the Corporation. The group 

came on an excursion to the Water and Waste 

Water Treatment facilities of Port Harcourt Water 

Corporation. Receiving the visitor on behalf of 

the Managing Director, the PHWC Waste Water 

Treatment Plant Supervisor Mr. Dennis Wokoma 

said: “Port Harcourt Water Corporation 

metamorphosed from the Rivers State Water 

Board after the Rivers State Water Development 

Law number 7 of 2012 was passed into law. 

The Law empowered the Corporation to provide 

clean, safe and affordable water and 

sustainable sanitation services to the people of 

Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government 

Areas of Rivers State”. Conducting the visitors 

round the facilities, the Customer Relations 

Officer; Ms. Enefaka Okoye said that the 

functions of the Corporation involves producing 

and distributing treated water for the public, 

and the treatment of waste water. 

Furthermore, she expatiated on the various 

career choices that are relevant to the 

Corporation and the water sector as a whole. 

This was aimed at stimulating their interest 

and to further assist in their career decision 

making. Responding, the school led by their 

Head Teacher, Mr. Ralph Osoba expressed 

happiness with the Management of PHWC for allowing 

the group to visit the facilities to gain 

knowledge. The school was taken to the various 

Departments of the Corporation including the 

Water Quality Unit where a demonstration of water 

analysis was carried out for them. 

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NIGERIAN ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGISTS IN ENGINEERING (NATE) 

Engr. Chidi Dimkpa led Executive team of 

National Association of Technologists in Engineering 

NATE Rivers State Branch paid a courtesy 

and partnership building visit to the Management 

of Port Harcourt Water Corporation 

at its Rumuola headquarters on Tuesday 28 th 

February 2017. Engr. Dimkpa in his speech 

sought stronger ties with PHWC and proposed a 

mutually benefitting development partnership 

for the uplifting of Engineering Technology in 

Rivers state. Receiving the NATE contingents 

in his office, the Managing Director of PHWC, Mr 

Kenneth Anga described their visit as timely and 

needful. “I am delighted that a body of Technologists 

in Engineering has come to pay us a 

visit. We have so many Technologists and 

Engineers who work in Water and Sanitation 

Services sector, we must therefore support you 

to make this partnership result based” he said. 

The NATE Chairman in an address read to the 

senior management staff who had a roundtable 

with them said: “in the past we have had only a 

peripheral relationship with PHWC management 

but currently we want to kick start a concrete 

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and stronger tie with you and we hereby invite 

you to partner with us for the development and 

upliftment of Engineering Technology in Rivers 

State for our mutual benefit. The Association of 

Technologists in Engineering (NATE) is a professional 

body of practical Engineers/ 

Technologists established in 1976 but incorporated 

in 1988 with the sole aim of fostering 

the self-reliant technological development in 

Nigeria. NATE is mandated to register graduates 

of Polytechnics and Universities of technologies 

with Higher National Diploma (HND), 

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) and Bachelor 

of Science (B.Sc.) in Technological Engineering 

certificates as professionals. The need 

to form a strong and complete Engineering 

working team on projects led to the amendment 

of Decree 55 of 1970 of Council for the 

Regulations of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) 

to bring on board other cadres of Engineering 

later in 1992, the decree 27 was amended to 

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PORT HARCOURT WATER CORPORATION AT 4TH INTERNATIONAL FECAL SLUDGE 

The 4 th International Fecal Sludge 

Management (FSM4) Conference took place 

in Chennai, India 19 -23 February, 2017 and 

Engr. Edidiong Obot, the Fecal management 

Officer of Port Harcourt Water Corporation 

Representative was there to participate in the 

conference. The Conference brought together 

over 1000 professionals working in the 

sanitation sector, including utilities, service 

providers, cities, governments, academics, 

scientists, consultants, donors and industries, 

to support the global initiative of 

disseminating sustainable solutions through 

FSM. The Conference focused on innovative 

and practical solutions that can be scaled up, 

including three tracks: research, case 

studies, and industry & exhibition. PHWC 

made a Poster Presentation on the Case 

Study Track using her experience at the 

Eagle Island Treatment Facility. The learning 

points from the City-wide Sanitation, 

Advocacy and Planning workshop would be 

a p p l i e d t o w a r d s t h e s u c c e s s f u l 

Implementation of the upcoming WSP 

intervention on FSM. The Corporation also 

sort for collaboration with established 

international agencies such as Bremen 

Overseas Research and Development Agency 

(BORDA), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 

Engr. Edidiong Obot PHWC Fecal Management 

Officer at the FSM4 Conference. 

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PORT HARCOURT WATER CORPORATION REWARDS 

EXCELLENT STAFF PERFORMANCE WITH AWARDS 

As part of her performance improvement policy the 

management of Port Harcourt Water Corporation 

rewarded staff who have excelled above others in their 

respective jobs and assignments. In her annual 

staff award ceremony held in the Conference Room of 

its Rumuola Head office, a total of six staff were given 

awards for excellence in their various positions. 

The best staff of the year 2016 award was conferred 

on the Electrical Services Engineer Mr. Curtis Titus. 

Conferring the awards, the Managing Director of the 

Corporation, Mr. Kenneth Anga stressed that the coming 

year promises to be a bright one with plans of full 

commercialization of the Corporation and urged staff 

not to relent in their drive to achieve the vision and 

the mission of the Corporation despite obvious challenges. 

Other highlights include the award for accident 

free driving to three Transport Officers (Drivers) of 

the Corporation. 

The Institutional Development and Utility Management 

Expert Engr. Hosanna Dajan encouraged staff team 

work stating that “staff must learn to work as a team, 

united for one purpose to succeed irrespective of their 

job positions and descriptions” 

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Engr. Curtis Titus –The Chief Electrical Service Engineer 

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ENGR. PETER CHUKWUMA ADDS A YEAR 

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS 

Helen Hosea - Quality Control Laboratory Staff 

Engr. Peter Chukwuma the Water and Sanitation Expert 

of the Project Management Consultant Group of 

PHWC celebrated his birthday recently. Engr. Chukwuma 

is an outstanding and self-motivated Water and 

Sanitation professional with over 20 years of experience 

in the sector. He has a strong inclination to project 

management and is a certified Project Management 

Professional with extensive involvement in contracting 

works, consultancy services and public service. 

His areas of competences include planning project 

activities, design and construction of water and sanitation 

systems, assessing the condition of existing water 

supply systems and recommending remedial works 

for their rehabilitation and expansion, designing and 

implementing performance 

improvement for 

water and sanitation agencies and the management of 

water supply systems etc. 

Tonye Briggs –Procurement Unit Staff 

(23rd February) 

Edidiong Obot –Planning and Sanitation Engineer 

(9th February) 

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