The water scarcity in the town adversely affected businesses, families, schools and refugee centres.

[2] In 2020, the Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment, which is the implementing agency, awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Reddy's Borehole and Technical Services, a Ugandan company.

Bright Technical Services, another Ugandan company, was the engineering supervisor.

[1] The sanitation component of the system comprises (a) "two blocks of six-station drainable latrines" constructed at one of the primary schools and (b) "a 13-stall toilet", connected to a septic tank.

[1][2] The system as configured in September 2021 benefits an estimated 28,500 people in 39 villages in Moyo Municipality and environs.