Water Supply and Sewerage Authority or WASA is the main body administering

Water supply Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Public water supply systems are crucial to properly functioning societies. Thes ...

Drainage Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and sub-surface water from an area with excess of water. The internal drainage of most agricultural soils is good enough to prevent severe waterlogging (anaerobic conditio ...

and Sanitation system in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. It was established in the year 1963 as an independent organization, under the East Pakistan ordinance XIX. At present WASA operates according to the WASA act 1996.

WASAs in Bangladesh

* Chattogram WASA * Dhaka WASA * Khulna WASA * Rajshahi WASA * Sylhet WASA

References

Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh Government agencies of Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka Water management authorities in Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-org-stub