1.2 Problem statement
According to Kamuli Municipality records (2020) Water supply in Kamuli Municipality is far below the required capacity this is because, the Municipality has an installed water capacity of 420M3 against the current population of 110,000 (UBOS,2019) , which translates into 3.8 liters per person perday , this is very low amount of water on average person as compared to the UN, (2018) recommendations of 50 liters per person per day. The Municipality records further indicates that despite of the inadequate water the sanitation of the water also is a major concern for the municipality as there is an increased yellowing of the water, sometimes rusty particles appear and small particles of stones are noticed in the water something that puzzles the technical and Engineering department of the Municipality as to what could be the cause and what could be done, in line of the above Yongabi, K.A., et al, (2011.) notes that the water treatment plant at Kamuli municipality uses slow filtration process that does not satisfy the high demand from increasing population, as evidence that the current water process was designed for a town of 20,000 in 1989 and this is at the backdrop of the numerous benefits of the slow sand filter process which include advantage of low maintenance costs and high efficiency (Bagundol, T.B., et al, 2013), it’s against this Background that this study Intends to investigate into performance improvement of a water treatment plant – kamuli slow sand filters.
