Nairobi, Jan. 6 -- Kenya is set to map new underground water reserves in Nairobi amid pressure on existing supplies for millions of city residents and businesses.

The Water Resources Authority (WRA) and the Water, Sanitation, and Irrigation Ministry revealed upcoming comprehensive assessments and development of the Nairobi aquifer systems to supplement existing supplies.

"The Water Resources Authority intends to engage the services of a qualified consulting firm/ consortium to carry out the aquifer assessments and preparation of attendant Development and Management Plans (AAD&MP) for Nairobi aquifer suite systems," WRA said in a disclosure.

"The objective of the consultancy that these Terms of Reference refer to is to identify with a h...