The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Water Board has announced that water supply will halt temporarily across Abuja due to ongoing rehabilitation of the Lower Usuma Dam water treatment plant.
The Board began the service disruption on Friday, May 30, 2025 and the disruption is anticipated up to Friday, June 13, 2025.
In an official statement, the Board explained that the planned disruption is a result of the need, “to pave the way for the connection of the Electro-Mechanical equipment of the plants, which is a major component of the rehabilitation work.”;
The Water Board said it recognized the nuisance the service disruption could cause to residents and urged citizens to prepare for the duration of the service outage adequately.
“We appeal to residents to kindly store water that may last them for this period, including an alternative supply to augment their needs,”; the statement reads.
