22^nd February 2022: The Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) has kicked off a fifteen-day probation of water pollution in urban cities in order to identify water bodies that are prone to pollution from domestic and industrial discharges, as well as other polluting sources.

This fieldwork to run from 6th February to 2nd March 2023 entails in-situ measurements of water quality parameters, and its main objective is to have an empirical assessment of the water quality pollution status.

The selected urban cities’ sites in the country districts are Gasabo, Nyarugenge and Kicukiro in Kigali City, Muhanga and Huye in Southern Province, Musanze in Northern Province, Rubavu, Karongi and Rusizi in Western Province and Nyagatare in Eastern Province.

“RWB conducts regular Water Quality Monitoring (WQM) campaigns, through the Water Monitoring and Quality Control Division, in accordance with its responsibility of establishing water resource quality and quantity preservation strategies,”

“RWB’s technical team carries out water pollution investigations in water sampling sites and has extended analysis with potential heavy metal and bacteriological analysis,” notes Remy Norbert Duhuze, the Division Manager.

As a result, RWB anticipates obtaining data on water quality and pollution status for selected sites for the Rwanda Water Portal.

The Rwanda Water Resource Portal is a web platform that stores and makes accessible information about water resources such as water quality, surface water, ground water, and water laws and policies.

This platform was established so that the water resources of country are protected, conserved, managed and developed in an integrated and sustainable manner to facilitating public to access to information related to water use in Rwanda.