{"id":32463,"date":"2024-04-27T05:04:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T05:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/04\/27\/nema-issues-new-storm-water-advisory-targeting-counties-companies\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T05:04:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T05:04:07","slug":"nema-issues-new-storm-water-advisory-targeting-counties-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/nema-issues-new-storm-water-advisory-targeting-counties-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"NEMA issues new storm water advisory targeting counties, companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 27 \u2014 The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has urged county governments to clear storm drains of material hindering the free flow of rainwater and receiving flowing water bodies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>NEMA further urged the county government\u00a0in\u00a0collaboration with other relevant authorities\u00a0to\u00a0clear\u00a0materials such as market waste and illegal structures with the potential to clog waterways, in a advisory on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The agency also urged\u00a0companies\u00a0to\u00a0to minimize the release of waste discharges\u00a0to\u00a0as\u00a0to\u00a0prevent the clogging of waterways and ensure the free flow of\u00a0rain waters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompanies that also fall under extended producer responsibility regulations to ensure that during this period of flooding events minimize the release of waste and waste discharges with potential to clog waterways to safeguard the environment and public health,\u201d NEMA stated.<\/p>\n<p>NEMA further urged property owners\u00a0to\u00a0take into consideration\u00a0heavy rainwater receptor areas in places of previously unforeseen consequences arising from changes of vulnerability\u00a0as a result of\u00a0the heavy rains.<\/p>\n<p>These areas include dams, large water bodies, quarries, mining sites, roads, construction facilities, and waste management sites.<\/p>\n<p>NEMA called on people in flood-prone areas, especially in the lowlands\u00a0to\u00a0keep from the flooded areas and\u00a0evacuate to higher grounds to avoid disaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public also advised to keep off flooded sites, move to higher grounds and to follow advisories from relevant regulatory authorities regarding risky ecologically sensitive sites and work with disaster risk reduction entities to evert disasters,\u201d the agency stated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 27 \u2014 The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has urged county governments to clear storm drains of material hindering the free flow of rainwater and receiving flowing water bodies. NEMA further urged the county government\u00a0in\u00a0collaboration with other relevant authorities\u00a0to\u00a0clear\u00a0materials such as market waste and illegal structures with the potential to clog waterways, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}