The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) is a water supply and sanitation company in

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. It is wholly owned by the

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Location

The company, as of July 2018, was in the final stages of construction of its new headquarters building at 3 Nakasero Road, on Nakasero Hill, opposite ''Rwenzori House''. The new headquarters building was commissioned by

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, the

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, in July 2018.

History

NWSC was formed by Decree No. 34 in 1972 to serve the urban areas of

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, and Jinja. In 1995, NWSC was re-organized under the NWSC Statute. The company was given more authority and autonomy and the mandate to operate and provide water and sewerage services in areas entrusted to it, on a sound commercial and viable basis. As of October 2016, the following cities and towns receive services from NWSC:

Expansion plans

In 2011, NWSC began implementing a program to improve water supply to the Kampala Metropolitan Area that includes Kampala City,

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, and

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. The program, which will cost €212 million, is financed by the government of Uganda (€34 million),

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(€20 million grant), the

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(€75 million loan), the

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(€75 million loan), and the European Union Infrastructure Trust Fund (€8 million grant). NWSC is planning a new water treatment plant ( Katosi Water Works), in Katosi in Mukono District with the capacity to supply of water daily. The plans also include the refurbishment of the Ggaba complex of water treatment plants (Ggaba 1, Ggaba 2 and Ggaba 3). The Katosi source of water would complement the existing sources that have a daily capacity of . In December 2015, NWSC announced plans to start serving some of Uganda's rural areas. As of March 2018, NWSC offered its services in 225 Ugandan towns and planned to connect services to 12,000 villages within its service areas by 2020.

Power plant to operate Ggaba water treatment plants

In October 2014, NWSC advertised for a private partner to build, own, and operate a 7 megawatt independent power station to meet the company's energy needs at its Ggaba I, Ggaba II, and Ggaba III water treatment plants. This would lower NWSC's power bill, which stood at approximately USh 24 billion (approx. US$6.5 million) annually, accounting for 35 percent of total operating expenditure. When procured, the partner will sign a 20-year

power purchase agreement A power purchase agreement (PPA), or electricity power agreement, is a contract between two parties, one which generates electricity (the seller) and one which is looking to purchase electricity (the buyer). The PPA defines all of the commercial te ...

with NWSC, which will have the option of selling any excess power to the national grid.

Organizational structure

NWSC has numerous divisions, each headed by a director, general manager, senior manager, or manager.

Board of directors

NWSC is governed by a five-member board of directors. Engineer

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is the

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and Engineer Silver Mugisha is the

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and

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References

External links

NWSC Homepage

Kampala Water Supply and Sanitation Expansion Programme, Uganda

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