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((Infobox water supply and sanitation
|country             = [[Uganda]]
|image               = File:Flag of Uganda.svg
|caption             = 
|water_coverage      = ("at least [[basic sanitation]]" / [[improved sanitation]] facilities) 92% / 79% (in 2015)<ref>WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme. 2015. „Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water: 2015 Update and MDG assessment: 75.</ref>
|sanitation_coverage = ("at least [[basic sanitation]]" / [[improved sanitation]]) 93% / 19% (in 2015)<ref>WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme. 2015. „Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water: 2015 Update and MDG assessment: 74.</ref>
|continuity_of_supply= 20–24 hours per day in large towns<ref name="GOU 2006">((cite journal | last=Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda) | title=Water and Sanitation Sector Performance Report 2006 | date=September 2006 | url=http://www.danidadevforum.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/94B047D5-F8C9-46C9-B56D-7A43367ED141/0/WSSperformanceReportUganda.pdf | access-date=13 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318062315/http://www.danidadevforum.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/94B047D5-F8C9-46C9-B56D-7A43367ED141/0/WSSperformanceReportUganda.pdf | archive-date=18 March 2009 | url-status=dead ))</ref>((rp|page 58))
|urban_water_use     = 44<ref name="NWSC water use">((cite journal | last=National Water and Sewerage Corporation | title=Annual report 2006 to 2007 | year=2007 | url=http://www.nwsc.co.ug/uploads/PDdownloads/Annual%20Report%202006%20to%202007.pdf | access-date=8 May 2008)) ((Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot)), p. 19; 23; 31</ref>
|tariff              = 0.64<ref name="NWSC tariffs">((cite journal | last=National Water and Sewerage Corporation | title=Annual report 2006 to 2007 | year=2007 | url=http://www.nwsc.co.ug/uploads/PDdownloads/Annual%20Report%202006%20to%202007.pdf | access-date=8 May 2008 ))((Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes )), p. 28</ref>
|metering            = 99% in large towns (2006)<ref name="GOU 2006"/>((rp|page 23))
|investment          = US$2.37 per capita<ref name="MWE 2007">((cite web | last=Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda) | title=Sector Performance Report 2007. Executive Summary. | date=18 April 2008 | url=http://www.watsanuganda.watsan.net/page/484 | access-date=9 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724124722/http://www.watsanuganda.watsan.net/page/484 | archive-date=24 July 2011 | url-status=dead ))</ref><ref name="pop 2007">Uganda's population in 2007 was about 30.9 million((cite web | last=United States Department of State | author-link=United States Department of State | title=Uganda (04/08) | date=April 2008 | url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2963.htm | access-date=9 May 2008))</ref><ref name="Shilling 2006">[[Ugandan shilling|USh&nbsp;]]((shilingi|1))  = US$0.0005764 (31 December 2006); source: http://oanda.com</ref>
|share_by_utilities  =
|tax_financing       =
|external_financing  = Mainly external donors
|decentralization    = Since 1997:<br>To [[Districts of Uganda|districts]], towns and [[Sub-counties of Uganda|sub-counties]]<ref name="GOU 2006"/>((rp|page 8))
|company             = National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), in large towns
|regulator           = None
|policy_setting      = Ministry of Water and Environment
|sector_law          = None
|urban_providers     = n/a
|rural_providers     = n/a

))

The '''Ugandan water supply and sanitation''' sector made substantial progress in urban areas from the mid-1990s until at least 2006, with substantial increases in coverage as well as in operational and commercial performance.<ref name="Mugisha">((cite journal |last1=Mugisha |first1=Silver |last2=Berg |first2=Sanford V. |date=September 2008 |others=African Development Bank |title=State-Owned Enterprises: NWSC's Turnaround in Uganda |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8268.2008.00188.x |journal=African Development Review |location=Oxford, UK & Malden, MA |publisher=Blackwell Publishing Ltd |publication-date=17 July 2008 |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=305–334 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-8268.2008.00188.x |issn=1017-6772 |ssrn=1088139 |id=((EBSCOhost|33208218))))<br />Other versions of this:

* ((Cite conference |last1=Mugisha |first1=Silver |last2=Berg |first2=Sanford V. |date=4 July 2006 |title=2. Turning around struggling state-owned enterprises in developing countries: The case of NWSC Uganda |url=https://washmatters.wateraid.org/publications/reforming-public-utilities-to-meet-the-water-and-sanitation-mdg-2006 |conference=Reforming public utilities to meet the water and sanitation Millennium Development Goal |location=UK’s Department for International Development |publisher=World Development Movement and WaterAid |pages=11–32 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704141017/http://www.wateraid.org/documents/plugin_documents/reformingpublicutilities.pdf |archive-date=2009-07-04))
* ((Cite book |last1=Mugisha |first1=Silver |url=http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/reports/water/goingpublic14032007.pdf |title=Going public: Southern solutions to the global water crisis |last2=Berg |first2=Sanford V. |date=March 2007 |publisher=World Development Movement |editor-last=Warwick |editor-first=Hugh |location=London, UK |chapter=2. Turning around struggling state-owned enterprises in developing countries: The case of NWSC-Uganda |editor-last2=Cann |editor-first2=Vicky |chapter-url=https://bear.warrington.ufl.edu/centers/purc/docs//papers/0636_Mugisha_Turning_Around_Struggling.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116082021/http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/reports/water/goingpublic14032007.pdf |archive-date=2007-11-16 |url-status=dead))
* ((Cite web |last1=Mugisha |first1=Silver |last2=Berg |first2=Sanford V. |date=April 24, 2008 |title=State-Owned Enterprises: NWSC's Turnaround in Uganda |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228177668 |access-date=2024-04-09 |via=ResearchGate))</ref>((rp|pages 3–4)) Sector reforms from 1998 to 2003 included the commercialization and modernization of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) operating in cities and larger towns, as well as decentralization and private sector participation in small towns.<ref name="Shared">((cite journal |last=UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme |year=2006 |orig-date=2005 |title=Case study: Uganda / National Water Development Report: Uganda |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000146760 |url-status= |journal=UN World Water Development Report |volume=2, "Water, a shared responsibility" |id=UN-WATER/WWAP/2006/9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107214029/http://unesdoc.unesco.org:80/images/0014/001467/146760e.pdf |archive-date=2006-11-07 |access-date=5 May 2008))</ref>((rp|page 15))

These reforms have attracted significant international attention. Thirty-eight percent of the population, however, still had no access to an [[improved water source]] in 2010. Concerning access to [[improved sanitation]], figures vary widely. According to government figures, it was 70 percent in rural areas and 81 percent in urban areas<ref name="SPR 2011">((cite web|url=http://www.mwe.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:sector-performance-report-2011&catid=31:general|title=Third Water and Environment Sector Performance Report|last=Ministry of Water and Environment|year=2011|access-date=16 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007004221/http://www.mwe.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:sector-performance-report-2011&catid=31:general|archive-date=7 October 2011|url-status=dead))</ref> while according to the United Nations (UN), access was only 34 percent.<ref name="JMP">((cite web|url=http://www.wssinfo.org|title=Joint Monitoring Program|last=World Health Organization|author-link=World Health Organization|author2=UNICEF|access-date=16 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216075751/http://www.wssinfo.org/|archive-date=16 February 2008|url-status=dead))</ref>

The water and [[sanitation]] sector was recognized as a key area under the 2004 Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP), [[Uganda|Uganda's]] main strategy paper to fight poverty.<ref name="PEAP">((cite journal | author1=Republic of Uganda | author2=Ministry of Finance | author3=Planning and Economic Development | title=Poverty Eradication Action Plan (2004/5-2007/8) | url=http://www.finance.go.ug/docs/PEAP%202005%20Apr.pdf | access-date=7 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010162613/http://www.finance.go.ug/docs/PEAP%202005%20Apr.pdf | archive-date=10 October 2008 | url-status=dead )), pp. 182-188</ref> A comprehensive expenditure framework was introduced to coordinate financial support by external donors, the national government, and [[non-governmental organization]]s.<ref name="GOU 2006"/>((rp|page 5)) The PEAP estimated that from 2001 to 2015, about US$1.4 billion in total (US$92 million per year) was needed to increase water supply coverage up to 95 percent.<ref name="PEAP 182-183">Rural areas: US$956&nbsp;million; Urban areas: large towns (US$281 million) and small towns (US$136 million).((cite journal | author1=Republic of Uganda | author2=Ministry of Finance | author3=Planning and Economic Development | title=Poverty Eradication Action Plan (2004/5-2007/8) | url=http://www.finance.go.ug/docs/PEAP%202005%20Apr.pdf | access-date=7 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010162613/http://www.finance.go.ug/docs/PEAP%202005%20Apr.pdf | archive-date=10 October 2008 | url-status=dead )), pp. 182-183</ref>

==Access==
In 2015, around 24 percent of the population lacked access to "at least [[basic water]]" in Uganda. Access to at least basic water was 39 percent of the total population, or 73% of the urban population and 32% of the rural population. Regarding sanitation, only 19% of the total population had access to "at least [[basic sanitation]]", or 28% of the urban population and 17% of the rural population. Around 31 million people did not have access to "at least basic sanitation" in 2015.<ref>((Cite web | url=http://washwatch.org/en/countries/uganda/summary/statistics/ | title=WASHwatch.org-Uganda| website=washwatch.org | language=en | access-date=22 March 2017))</ref><ref name=":0">((cite web|url=https://www.wssinfo.org/documents/|title=Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2017 update and SDG baselines|year=2017|publisher=Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation, World Health Organization & UNICEF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418142528/http://www.wssinfo.org/documents/|archive-date=2014-04-18|url-status=dead|access-date=23 August 2017))</ref> The Human Rights Measurement Initiative has given Uganda a score of 22.9% with regards to basic sanitation, and 9.5% for water supply.

In earlier years, access to "improved water" had increased from 43 percent in 1990 to 72 percent in 2010, according to estimates by the [[Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply and Sanitation]] (JMP) of the UN. In the same period, access to "improved sanitation" increased slightly from 27 to 34 percent.<ref name="JMP"/>

The Water and Environment Sector Performance Report of the Ugandan Ministry of Water and Irrigation, however, showed markedly different access figures. According to this report, in 2011, access to "safe water" was 66 percent while access to improved sanitation was 70 percent in rural areas and 81 percent in urban areas.<ref name="SPR 2011" /> Eighty-seven percent of the population lived in rural areas in 2010.<ref name="JMP" />

According to the European Union (EU), the number of people defecating in the open fell substantially between 2000 and 2008, even though the government provides no subsidies for the construction of latrines.<ref name="EU aid"/> According to the JMP's estimates, however, the number of people defecating in the open declined only from 3.5 million in 2000 to 3.2 million in 2010.<ref name="SPR 2011"/> The reasons for the different assessments are unclear.

The most common technology options for rural water supply are protected [[Spring (hydrosphere)|springs]], [[Water well#Drilled wells|boreholes]], protected [[Water well#Dug wells|wells]], and gravity flow schemes.<ref name="Shared"/>((rp|page 64)) Those who do not have access to an improved source of water must rely on unsafe sources such as rivers, lakes, and unprotected wells. One consequence of poor access and quality is that [[water-borne diseases]] are a major cause of [[infant mortality]].<ref>((cite journal | last=African Development Fund | author-link=African Development Fund#Group Entities | title=Appraisal Report. Rural water supply and sanitation program, Uganda | date=March 2005 | url=http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/url/ITEM/084B449D5E817267E040C00A0C3D4328 | access-date=6 May 2008 | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610071615/http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/url/ITEM/084B449D5E817267E040C00A0C3D4328 |archive-date=10 June 2007 )), p. 1</ref> Access to functioning water sources varied considerably among districts in 2007, from 12 to 95 percent.<ref name="MWE 2007"/>

The national government aimed to reach universal water supply and sanitation coverage in urban areas and 77 percent water supply and 95 percent sanitation coverage by 2015. At the time these goals were set, the government defined access to improved water supply and sanitation as follows: improved water supply in urban areas is given through an improved water source within a walking distance of ((convert|1.5|km|mi)) in rural areas and ((convert|0.2|km|mi)) in urban areas. Sanitation coverage is given through sanitation facilities in the place of residence.<ref name="Shared"/>((rp|page 12))

==Service quality==

===Continuity of supply===
According to Maxwell Stamp PLC, those who received a piped water supply in 2003 in the nation's capital [[Kampala]] were "usually" supplied continuously for 24 hours per day.<ref name="MS">((cite journal | last=Maxwell Stamp PLC | title=Poverty Impact Assessment of Privatisation of the Urban Water Sector in Uganda | location=uganda | date=19 August 2003 | page=15))</ref> NWSC, however, acknowledged that parts of Kampala such as Kyaliwajala, Kulambiro, and most places on hilltops suffered from chronic water shortages. In addition, some areas went without water for a week when repairs were undertaken.<ref>((Cite news |last1=Lanyero |first1=Flavia |last2=Balondemu |first2=Clare |date=15 February 2011 |title=Uganda: Water Shortage Persists in City |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201102160202.html |access-date=2024-04-09 |work=The Monitor |publisher=Nation Media Group |publication-place=Kampala |via=All Africa Global Media, COMTEX |id=[[Factiva|Dow Jones Factiva]] [https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?p=sa&NS=16&AID=9UNI005200&an=AFNWS00020110216e72g0008e&drn=drn:archive.newsarticle.AFNWS00020110216e72g0008e&cat=a&ep=asi AFNWS00020110216e72g0008e]))</ref> In other towns, Maxwell Stamp PLC found in 2003 that most customers were supplied more than five days per week.<ref name="MS"/>

MWE indicated in 2006 that piped water in large towns was usually available for 20–24 hours per day.<ref name="GOU 2006"/>((rp|page 58))

===Drinking water quality===
Under the fourth Water and Sanitation Sector Performance Assessment, based on analyses by several subsectors and NGOs carried out in 2006, it was found that 90 percent and 95 percent of the water samples taken from protected and treated water supplies, respectively, met national standards for drinking water quality. This assessment comprised both rural and urban water supply.<ref>((cite journal | last=WaterAid | author-link=WaterAid | title=Uganda country strategy 2006–2011 | date=April 2006 | url=http://www.wateraid.org/documents/plugin_documents/uganda_csp_web.pdf | access-date=8 May 2008)), p. 8; 29</ref>

===Waste water treatment===
[[File:Sewage ponds of Katete in Mbarara in western Uganda 17.jpg|alt=NWSC Sewage ponds in Katete in Mbarara in western Uganda near River Rwizi|thumb|'''NWSC Sewage ponds in Katete in Mbarara in western Uganda near River Rwizi''']]
As of 2012, 90 percent of the collected wastewater of Kampala was discharged without any treatment. NWSC operates a small conventional [[sewage treatment plant]] in Kampala and another in [[Masaka]].<ref name="NWSC treatment">((cite web | last=National Water and Sewerage Corporation | title=National Water & Sewerage Corporation - iContent | url=http://www.nwsc.co.ug/modules/icontent/index.php?page=42 | access-date=8 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330010520/http://www.nwsc.co.ug/modules/icontent/index.php?page=42 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> | archive-date = 30 March 2008))</ref> In the case of Kampala, the wastewater is discharged into the [[Nakivubo]] wetland. The wetland is estimated to provide economic benefits of up to US$1.75 million per year, removing nutrients from untreated and partially treated wastewater discharged from Kampala through the wetland into Lake Victoria.<ref>((cite web | last=International Union for the Conservation of Nature | title=Nakivubo Swamp, Uganda: managing natural wetlands for their ecosystem services. | url=http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/casestudy07nakivubo.pdf | work=Case Studies in Wetland Valuation #7: May 2003 | access-date=2 September 2012))</ref><ref name="Shared" />((rp|page 106)) 
[[File:Sewage ponds of Katete in Mbarara in western Uganda 03.jpg|alt=NWSC Sewage ponds in Katete in Mbarara City in western Uganda|thumb|NWSC Sewage ponds in Katete in Mbarara City in western Uganda]]
As part of a Sanitation Master Plan for Kampala carried out by Fichtner Consultants with financing from Germany, four wastewater treatment plants were planned. The plans included a plant with a capacity of ((convert|45000|m3|ft3)) per day at Nakivubo, a plant with a capacity of ((convert|8000|m3|ft3)) per day at Kinawataka, a fecal sludge treatment plant with a capacity of ((convert|200|m3|ft3)) per day at Lubigi, and another plant at Nalukolongo. The plan also foresaw the construction of ecological latrines at schools, market places, and health centres and hygiene education at schools.<ref>((cite web | last=NATIONAL WATER AND SEWERAGE CORPORATION | title=ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT JULY 2008 – JUNE 2009, JULY 2009 | pages=14–15))</ref><ref>((cite web | last=Fichtner | title=Sanitation strategy and master plan for Kampala/ Uganda | url=http://www.fwt.fichtner.de/php/main/page/php/referenzen.php/ukat_id/10/kat_id/2/idc1/46/z1/1/map/1/sprache/e/li/0re_s | access-date=16 July 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118033540/http://www.fwt.fichtner.de/php/main/page/php/referenzen.php/ukat_id/10/kat_id/2/idc1/46/z1/1/map/1/sprache/e/li/0re_s | archive-date=18 November 2009 | url-status=dead ))</ref> The investments were to be funded by the European Union, the World Bank, the African Development Bank, and Germany. The existing plant at Bugolobi was planned to be decommissioned once the new plants became operational.<ref>((cite web | last=The Daily Monitor | title=NWSC to construct four sewage plants | url=http://www.nwsc.co.ug/index03.php?id=76 | access-date=16 July 2012 | date=22 March 2011)) ((dead link|date=May 2017))</ref> 

In smaller towns, NWSC operates 21 [[Stabilization pond|sewage stabilization ponds]].<ref name="NWSC treatment"/> According to the MWE, an analysis of municipal effluents carried out in July 2008 revealed that NWSC's wastewater treatment facilities mostly do not meet national standards. Out of 223 data sets, 12 percent complied with the [[biochemical oxygen demand]] standards, 26 percent with the [[phosphorus]] standards, and 40 percent with the total [[suspended solids]] standards. This leads to the pollution of water bodies from which raw water is extracted.<ref name="MWE 2007"/> In a few cases, sewage was disposed directly into the environment without any treatment.<ref name="Shared"/>((rp|page 85)) The lack of functioning wastewater treatment poses a threat to the environment and human health.

===Customer satisfaction===
A customer satisfaction survey was carried out in 2009–2010 for all towns served by NWSC. It covered questions such as satisfaction with water reliability, water pressure, water quality, timely and accurate water bills, responsiveness in resolving complaints, responsiveness in effecting new connections, customer care, and the convenience of the bill payment process. Out of 5,319 customers contacted in a stratified sample, 2,731 responded. Customer care received the highest rating, while water quality and pressure received lower, but overall good, ratings. A customer satisfaction index was calculated across all questions, showing that 85 percent of customers were satisfied, up from 83 percent during the last survey. Satisfaction was highest in [[Hoima]], Iganda, and [[Masindi]] at 95 percent and lowest in the central Ugandan town of [[Mubende]], where no customer care officer or desk existed, at 62 percent. In Kampala, satisfaction was 83 percent. Customers appreciated the ambiance in local offices, that phone calls are made to remind customers of payment, that customers can settle their arrears through payment plans in exceptional cases, and that water cuts are announced through the radio. Customers complained about low water pressure, muddy water during the wet season, supply interruptions during the dry season, low water pressure, slow implementation of new connections, erratic bills, disconnection despite having paid their water bills, and the rudeness of field staff.<ref>((cite web | author1=Sheba Bamwine | author2=Customer Relations Monitoring | title=Customer Satisfaction Survey July–Oct 2010: Survey Findings and Discussions | url=http://www.nwsc.co.ug/files/surveyreports/July_October%202010.pdf | publisher=NWSC | access-date=26 May 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729214510/http://www.nwsc.co.ug/files/surveyreports/July_October%202010.pdf | archive-date=29 July 2014 | url-status=dead ))</ref>

==Water resources==
[[File:Rivers and lakes of Uganda.png|450px|thumb|Rivers and lakes of Uganda.]]

===Overview===
((More citations needed|paragraph|date=May 2017))
As a whole, Uganda has more than enough [[freshwater]]. Estimates indicate ((convert|66|km3)) of renewable water resources per year, which correspond to approximately ((convert|2800|m3|USgal)) per person and year. The distribution of the resource, however, is uneven both in spatial and temporal terms. Furthermore, freshwater is increasingly exploited through population growth, [[urbanization]], agriculture, and [[industrialization]].

[[List of rivers of Uganda|Rivers]], lakes, and wetlands cover about 18 percent of Uganda's total surface, including [[Lake Victoria]], Africa's largest lake and one of the major sources of the [[Nile]], the world's longest river. Almost the entire country lies within the Nile [[drainage basin]]. Rainfall contributes the most to the country's [[surface water]] and [[groundwater]]. The average annual rainfall ranges from ((convert|900|mm)) in the [[semi-arid]] areas of [[Kotido]] to ((convert|2000|mm)) on the [[Sese Islands]] in Lake Victoria.<ref name="Shared"/>((rp|pages 38–57))

There are no [[groundwater recharge]] assessments for Uganda, which is why the country's groundwater potential is unknown. Regional assessments in Ugandan towns, however, have indicated that groundwater recharge meets the current abstraction volumes. To monitor the quantity and quality of groundwater and surface water, the National Water Resources network has been established under the responsibility of the Water Resources Management Department.<ref name="Shared"/>((rp|pages 38–57))

===Lake Victoria===
Between 2003 and 2006, Lake Victoria lost 75 million cubic meters, about 69 percent of its volume, but has since recovered to above normal.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/global_reservoir/gr_regional_chart.aspx?regionid=eafrica&reservoir_name=Victoria | title=Lake Victoria (0314) Height Variations from TOPEX/POSEIDON/Jason-1 and Jason-2/OSTM Altimetry | department=Foreign Agricultural Service | publisher=United States Department of Agriculture | date=23 May 2017 | access-date=9 June 2017))</ref> The causes of the decline were disputed. According to some reports, the 10-15 percent decline in rainfall in the lake's basin caused the lake to lower.<ref name="newscientist.com">[https://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18925384.100 New Scientist: Uganda pulls plug on Lake Victoria], 9 February 2006. Kull's findings have also been published by the California-based environmental lobby group [[International Rivers Network]].</ref> According to Daniel Kull, at the time a hydrologist with the UN's International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in Nairobi, the drought would have caused only half the water loss actually seen if two hydroelectric dams at the outlet of the lake into the [[White Nile]] had been operated according to the "agreed curve" determined in a 1953 agreement on the Nile flows between Uganda and Egypt.<ref name="newscientist.com"/> Sandy-Stevens Tickodri-Togboa, professor of engineering mathematics at [[Makerere University]], disagreed and calculated that the drought caused 80 to 85 percent of the decline.<ref>((cite web | last=Tickodri-Togboa | first=Sandy Stevens | title=On the Contribution of Victoria Nile River Discharge to the Hydrological Performance of East Africa's Lake Victoria | url=http://mak.ac.ug/documents/Makfiles/aet2011/Tickodri-Togboa.pdf | publisher=Second International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology | page=698 | access-date=5 September 2013))</ref>

Kampala and Entebbe are supplied with water from Lake Victoria through four treatment plants: [[Ggaba]] I, II and III as well as a recently built plant in [[Katosi]] in Mukono District.((citation needed|date=May 2017))

==Water use==
According to the PEAP for 2004–5 to 2007–8, water use in rural areas ranged between 12 and 14 liters per person per day (L/p/d). In urban towns and centers with a population of more than 5,000 people, the PEAP estimated an average consumption of less than 17&nbsp;L/p/d. The national target is an average consumption of 20&nbsp;L/p/d.<ref>((cite journal | author1=Republic of Uganda | author2=Ministry of Finance | author3=Planning and Economic Development | title=Poverty Eradication Action Plan (2004/5-2007/8) | url=http://www.unpei.org/PDF/UG-PEAP2005-2008.pdf | access-date=7 November 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103151617/http://www.unpei.org/PDF/UG-PEAP2005-2008.pdf | archive-date=3 November 2011 | url-status=dead )), pp. 168, 171.</ref>

According to the NWSC's annual report, the utility's total water production from July 2007 to June 2008 (fiscal year 2007/2008) for 23 towns was ((convert|63600000|m3|ft3)), of which 79 percent were produced in Kampala. Domestic customers used 46.9 percent or ((convert|29800000|m3|ft3)) of NWSC's total production. Divided by the 1,944,741 people whom NWSC served at the end of June 2008, this corresponds to ((convert|15.3|m3|ft3)) per person per year or 44&nbsp;L/p/d.<ref name="NWSC water use"/>

==History and recent developments==
The first piped water systems were completed during the [[Uganda Protectorate|colonial period]] in the 1930s. Water-borne sewerage was introduced after 1937. The construction of new facilities increased from 1950 to 1965 under the framework of large national development programs.<ref>((cite journal | last=Nilsson | first=David | title=A heritage of unsustainability? Reviewing the origin of the large-scale water and sanitation system in Kampala, Uganda | journal=Environment and Urbanization | volume=18 | issue=2 | pages=369–385 | publisher=International Institute for Environment and Development | year=2006 | doi=10.1177/0956247806069618 | doi-access= ))</ref> Later, the existing systems were only partly maintained and no new facilities were constructed until 1990. According to a [[UN-Water]] document, by 1990 the urban water infrastructure served less than 10 percent of the population in large towns.<ref name="Shared"/>((rp|page 78))

Around the end of the 1980s, international donors began to invest substantial financial resources to rehabilitate and renew the water network in Kampala.<ref name="jammal 3">((cite journal | last=Jamma  | first=Yahya | author2=Jones, Leroy  | title=Impact of privatization in Africa: Uganda Water. One of Eight Papers from a Project Entitled: Assessing the Impact of Privatization in Africa. | publisher=Boston Institute for Developing Economies | date=October 2006 | url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTNTFPSI/Resources/UgandaWater.pdf?resourceurlname=UgandaWater.pdf | access-date = 7 May 2008)), p. 3</ref> For example, the [[World Bank]] contributed US$60 million under the Water Supply Project, which was active from 1990 to 1998 (see below).<ref>((cite web
  | last = World Bank
  | author-link = World Bank
  | title = Projects - Uganda : Water Supply Project (02)
  | url = http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?Projectid=P002969&Type=Overview&theSitePK=40941&pagePK=64283627&menuPK=64282134&piPK=64290415
  | access-date = 7 May 2008))</ref> Although the financial support helped to rehabilitate the infrastructure, the commercial performance of NWSC was still unsatisfactory.<ref name="jammal 3" />

===The reform of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation===

====Description of the reform process====

The NWSC was created as a government-owned parastatal organization in 1972 under the national administration of [[Idi Amin Dada]], serving only Entebbe, Jinja, and the capital city Kampala.<ref name="Improve">((cite journal | last=Dr. Muhairwe | first=William Tsimwa | title=Improving performance through internal reforms by the public sector. A case of national water and sewerage corporation, Uganda. Presented for: Water Week, World Bank | date=March 2003 | url=http://worldbank.org/html/fpd/water/waterweek2003/Presentations/Session%208%20-%20Modes%20of%20Engagement%20of%20public%20sector%20in%20Urban%20WSS/WilliamMuhairwe-Paper.pdf | access-date=7 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510111509/http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/water/waterweek2003/Presentations/Session%208%20-%20Modes%20of%20Engagement%20of%20public%20sector%20in%20Urban%20WSS/WilliamMuhairwe-Paper.pdf | archive-date=10 May 2008 | url-status=dead ))</ref>((rp|p. 3)) Its service area then grew gradually to incorporate large and mid-sized towns all over Uganda, reaching a total of 23 cities and towns in 2008, and 40 cities and towns in another extension of its service area in February 2014.<ref>((cite book | publisher=NWSC | title=Water Herald, Vol. 5, Issue 1, Jan–March 2014))</ref>

In 1995<ref name="Reform">((cite journal | last=Republic of Uganda | title=National Water and Sewerage Corporation | year=1995))</ref> and 2000,((citation needed|date=April 2017)) NWSC was reorganized under the NWSC Statute and NWSC Act, giving it substantial operational autonomy and the mandate to operate and provide water and sewerage in areas entrusted to it, on a sound, commercial, and viable basis.<ref name="Reform"/> Internal reforms at NWSC started in 1998, beginning with a "Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats" (SWOT) analysis initiated by a new management team. At that time, the utility benefited from a recently rehabilitated water and sewerage infrastructure, including abundant water production capacity and a high level of metering, a competent senior management team, and a good and enabling water legislative framework providing NWSC with relative autonomy. On the other hand, NWSC was in bad condition with regard to operational and financial aspects. For example, [[non-revenue water]] (NRW), water which is produced but not billed for several reasons such as leakage and illegal connections, stood at 60 percent. The utility was heavily overstaffed, and staff costs accounted for 64 percent of the total operating costs.<ref name="Improve"/>((rp|p. 5))

In late 1998, the national government appointed William Tsimwa Muhairwe as the managing director of NWSC. He had been managing public companies in Uganda and elsewhere. Under a new board, more emphasis was placed on commercial viability. At the same time, political interference within the utility was reduced. The new management soon drew up several programs to implement the principles, the first of which was the 100-days program, aiming to adjust operational and financial inefficiencies.<ref name="Mugisha"/>((rp|pages 3–4))

{| class="wikitable"
|+Programs to improve financial and operational efficiency of NWSC<ref name="Mugisha"/>((rp|page 4))
|-
! Program
! Objective(s)
! Measures
! Time of implementation
|-
| '''100-days program'''
| Reverse of operational and financial inefficiencies
| Improved revenue collection and cost-cutting measures
| February 1999 – May 1999
|-
| '''Service and revenue enhancement program'''
| Restoring customer confidence
| Introduction of service centers and help desks, customer surveys
| August 1999 – August 2000
|-
| '''Area and service performance contracts'''
| Commercial sustainability
| Managers were given more autonomy and liability through performance contracts
| 2000–2003
|-
| '''Stretch-out program'''
| Improving [[team work]]
| More staff involvement, flatter hierarchical structure
| 2002–2003
|-
| '''One-minute management program'''
| Individual performance accountability
| Incentives for achievements of individual goals
| 2003
|-
| '''Internally delegated area management contracts (IDAMCs)'''
| Increasing autonomy and liability of area managers
| Internal contracts including explicit targets and incentives
| Since 2003
|}

Since 2000, NWSC has worked under performance contracts with the national government, each of which covered three years. The contracts contain specific performance indicators, which the NWSC is expected to achieve. For example, the 2003–2006 contract required NWSC to reduce NRW from 39 percent in 2003 to 36 percent in 2006. Simultaneously, inactive connections were required to be reduced from 21 to 13 percent. To encourage management to achieve the targets, an incentive element of 25 percent of the annual basic salary depended on the fulfillment of the contract. Each year the NWSC board decides the appropriate bonus rate that the NWSC management receives.<ref>((cite journal | last=The Republic of Uganda | author-link=Uganda | title=Performance contract between the government of the Republic of Uganda and National Water and Sewerage Corporation | date=October 2003 | url=http://www.nwsc.co.ug/uploads/PDdownloads/Performance%20Contract%20btn%20GoU%20and%20NWSC.pdf | access-date=7 May 2008 )) ((dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic))((cbignore|bot=medic)), p. 4; 10; 23</ref>

====Results and analysis====

The improvement of NWSC concerning access and operational performance is indisputable. Some of the achievements are:

{| class="wikitable"
|+Performance indicators for NWSC (1998–2012)<ref>Figures from 2004 onwards are from the NWSC Annual Report 2006–2007, 2010-11 and 2011-12. Figures for 1998 and 2000 are from USAID/ARD as well as from Jammal and Jones, p. 17 (the latter for the number of employees).</ref>
|-
! colspan=1|
! 1997-98<br>
! 1999–2000<br>
! 2003-04<br>
! 2006-07<br>
! 2007-8<br>
! 2010-11<br>
! 2011-12<br>
! 2012-13<ref>((cite web|last1=Government of Uganda: Ministry of Water and Environment|title=Water and Environment Sector Performance Report 2013|url=http://www.mwe.go.ug/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&Itemid=223&gid=15|access-date=13 August 2014|page=83|date=October 2013))</ref><br>
|-
|Operating profit <br> before depreciation <br>([[EBDIT]]) (USh&nbsp;billion)<ref>The earnings ''after'' depreciation and interest show a different picture. They actually declined from 1998 to 2002 after a suspension to service debt was lifted in 1999 and remained negative for many years. In 2004 NWSC posted positive earnings after depreciation and interest for the first time since it began servicing its debt.</ref>
| 1.5
| 3.0
| 11.0
| 18.0
| 16.0
| 30.4
| 36.1
| 39.8
|-
|[[Non-revenue water]]<ref>In areas outside Kampala NRW was only 18.5% in 2008.</ref>
| 51%
| 43%
| 38%
| 33%
| 33%
| 33%
| 33%
| 34%
|-
|Collection efficiency
| 60%
| 76%
| 98%
| 92%
| 92%
| 96%
| 98%
| 96%
|-
| Connections<ref>A small portion of this increase can be accounted for by the fact that NWSC took over service in a number of additional towns in this period. 80% of NWSC water sales are in Kampala, Entebbe and Jinja.</ref>
| 51,000
| 59,000
| 100,000
| 181,000
| 202,000
| 272,400
| 296,200
| 317,300
|-
| Employees
| 1784
| 1454
| 949
| 1388
|
| 1691
| 1773
| 1858
|-
| Labor productivity<br>(Employees/1,000 connections)
| 35
| 25
| 9
| 8
|
| 7
| 6
| 6
|}

NWSC has been turned around without a tariff increase, except for inflation adjustments and a 10 percent increase to compensate the utility for a reduction in connection fees. Instead of increasing tariffs, the reforms focused on increasing the number of connections, an effective computerized billing system, improving customer relations and communications, and better incentives and training for staff.<ref>((cite journal | last=USAID | author2=ARD Inc. | title=Case Studies of Bankable Water and Sewerage Utilities | year=2005 | url=http://waterwiki.net/images/f/f1/USAID_CaseStudy_Bankable_Utilities_Aug05_Cases_Compendium.pdf | access-date= 4 July 2008)), p. 16</ref><ref name="Improve"/><ref>((cite journal | last=Jammal | first=Yahya | author2=Jones, Leroy | title=Impact of privatization in Africa: Uganda Water. One of Eight Papers from a Project Entitled: Assessing the Impact of Privatization in Africa. | date=October 2006 | url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTNTFPSI/Resources/UgandaWater.pdf?resourceurlname=UgandaWater.pdf | access-date=7 May 2008)) p. 14 for 1995 NRW value.</ref>

One factor that partially explains the drastically improved collection rates is a government policy instituted in 1999 of paying the unpaid water bills of public entities. The significant increase in new connections is partially explained by a drastic reduction of connection charges, also in 1999, from [[Ugandan shilling|USh&nbsp;]]((shilingi|400,000)) to ((shilingi|25,000)).<ref name="jammal 3"/> Flexibility in technical requirements (such as waiving land title
requirements, easing construction standards, and post-processing of new connection forms) was also key to increasing water service coverage in the urban poor communities.<ref>[http://www.nwsc.co.ug/uploads/PDdownloads/Annual%20Report%202006%20to%202007.pdf NWSC Annual Report 2006–2007]((Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes )), p. 27</ref> Klaas Schwartz has noted that the success of NWSC since 1998 was facilitated by a high level of support from international donors, international lending agencies, and Uganda's [[Politics of Uganda#Ministries of Uganda|national ministries]];<ref name="Shared"/>((rp|page 93)) effective leadership from top management; a highly professional staff; and, strong institutional cultures.<ref>((cite journal | last=Schwartz | first=Klaas | title=The New Public Management: The future for reforms in the African water supply and sanitation sector? | journal=Utilities Policy | volume=16 | issue=1 | pages=49–58 | year=2008 | doi=10.1016/j.jup.2007.07.001))</ref>

NWSC received [[ISO 9001]]:2000 certification for fourteen of its service areas, including Kampala, by June 2008. According to its 2006-07 annual report, NWSC provided training to utilities in Tanzania, Zambi and soon in Nigeria. Building on its success, NWSC's vision was "to be one of the leading water utilities in the world".<ref>[http://www.nwsc.co.ug/uploads/PDdownloads/Annual%20Report%202006%20to%202007.pdf NWSC Annual Report 2006–2007]((Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref>

Towards the end of 2008, NWSC management introduced another management initiative, codenamed the "Raving Water Fans", aimed at improving customer service and, in the long run, willingness to pay and revenues. The initiative is based on the ''Raving Fans'' concept developed by management experts [[Ken Blanchard]] and [[Kingdomality|Sheldon Bowles]] that emphasizes "the 3Ds": deciding what you want, discovering what the customer wants, and delivering plus one percent of what the customer expects.<ref>Ken Blanchard&Sheldon Bowles:Raving Fans. A revolutionary Approach to Customer Service, 1993, ((ISBN|0-688-12316-3))</ref>

==Legal framework==
The current institutional sector framework is based on several policy reforms in the water sector since the mid-1990s. Water supply and sanitation are recognized as key issues under the national PEAP, prepared first in 1997 and revised in 2001 and 2004. The PEAP is the key government document for fighting poverty through rapid economic development and social transformation.<ref name="PEAP" />

The 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda instructs the Ugandan State to take all practical measures to promote a good water management system at all levels and defines clean and safe water as one of its 29 objectives.<ref name="constitution">((cite journal
  | last=Republic of Uganda
  | title=The Constitution of the Republic of Uganda
  | year=1995
  | url=http://www.parliament.go.ug/images/constitution_1995.pdf
  |access-date=6 May 2008)), p. 2; 23</ref>

The current legislative water sector framework was introduced with the 1995 Water Statute, which has the following objectives:<ref>((cite journal | last=Republic of Uganda | title=Uganda: Water Statute, 1995 (Statute No. 9 of 1995) | journal=Uganda Gazette | volume=56 | date=14 December 1995 | url=http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/uga5251.pdf | access-date = 6 May 2008))</ref>
*Promotion of rational water use and management
*Promotion of the provision of a clean, safe, and sufficient domestic water supply to all people
*Promotion of the orderly development of water and its use for other purposes, such as irrigation and industrial use, among others, in ways that minimize harmful effects to the environment
*Pollution control and promotion of safe storage, treatment, discharge, and disposal of waste that may cause water pollution or other threats to the environment and human health.

In accordance with the national constitution, chapter eleven,<ref name="constitution"/> the Local Government Act of 1997 provides for the decentralization of services, including the operation and maintenance of water facilities for local governments in liaison with the ministries responsible for the sector.<ref>((cite journal | last=Republic of Uganda | title=Local Government Act | year=1997))</ref>

Finally, the National Water Policy (NWP), adopted in 1999, promotes the principles of [[Integrated Water Resources Management]], a comprehensive approach to water supply. In addition, the NWP recognizes the economic value of water, promotes the participation of all stakeholders, including women and the poor, in all stages of water supply and sanitation, and confirms the right of all Ugandans to safe water.<ref>((cite journal | author1=Republic of Uganda | author2=Directorate of Water Development | title=National Water Policy))</ref>

==Responsibility for water supply and sanitation==

===Policy and regulation===
The lead agency for formulating national water and sanitation policies, coordinating and regulating the sector is the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE).<ref>In some sources, mostly dated before 2006, the ministry is called the Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment (MWLE). It appears to have changed its name around that time.</ref> The Directorate of Water Development (DWD) under the MWE acts as the executive arm and provides support to local governments and other service providers.<ref>((cite journal | last=African Development Fund | author-link=African Development Fund#Group Entities | title=Appraisal Report. Rural water supply and sanitation program, Uganda | date=March 2005 |url=http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/url/ITEM/084B449D5E817267E040C00A0C3D4328 | access-date=6 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610071615/http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/url/ITEM/084B449D5E817267E040C00A0C3D4328 |archive-date=10 June 2007 )), p. 3</ref>

====Economic and performance regulation====

There is no independent economic regulatory body for water supply. Tariffs are proposed by NWSC and need to be approved by MWE. NWSC is regulated by contract according to a performance contract with the national government. The Performance Review Committee (PRC) under the MWE reviews the performance of NWSC according to the contract. The PRC, however, is partly financed by the NWSC, which may hinder the full independence of the committee.<ref name="Mugisha"/>((rp|page 22))

NWSC regulates its local branch offices through internal contracts that are monitored by its internal monitoring and regulation department.((citation needed|date=May 2017))

====Environmental regulation====

Environmental regulation is carried out by the DWD and the National Environment Management Authority.

====Drinking water quality regulation====

According to Klaas Schwartz, DWD is expected to monitor the quality of drinking water provided by NWSC. In practice, however, NWSC monitors its drinking water quality internally without any complementary external monitoring.<ref>((cite book | last=Schwartz | first=Klaas | title=Managing Public Water Utilities. An assessment of bureaucratic and New Public Management models in the water supply and sanitation sectors in low- and middle-income countries. | publisher=UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education | year=2006 | url=http://publishing.eur.nl/ir/repub/asset/8052/PhD%20Klaas%20Schwartz.pdf | isbn=978-90-73445-15-4 | access-date=8 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318062315/http://publishing.eur.nl/ir/repub/asset/8052/PhD%20Klaas%20Schwartz.pdf | archive-date=18 March 2009 | url-status=dead )), p. 133</ref> NWSC's internal Quality Control Department examines whether the supplied water complies with the national standards for drinking water, which in turn follow the [[World Health Organization]] guidelines. There are a central laboratory in Kampala and satellite laboratories in the other NWSC operation areas. At several sampling points, water is controlled for [[pH]], color, [[turbidity]], residue [[chlorine]], and [[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]. The results are available at the official NWSC website and mostly comply with the national standards.<ref>((cite web | last=National Water and Sewerage Corporation | title=National Water & Sewerage Corporation - Home Page | url=http://www.nwsc.co.ug/modules/pagewrap/ | access-date=8 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421233446/http://www.nwsc.co.ug/modules/pagewrap/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> | archive-date=21 April 2008)), Tab -> "Water Quality"</ref> Where NWSC does not provide the service, districts are responsible for water quality monitoring. According to the MWE, this is done insufficiently, and data are scarce.<ref name="MWE 2007"/>

[[File:Ugandan girl at well.JPG|250px|thumb|A Ugandan girl at a well]]

===Cities and towns===
In 22 cities and large towns water supply and sewerage - where it exists - is provided by NWSC, a public utility working on a commercial basis. In 2007, it provided services to 1.8 million people out of 2.5 million in Kampala, Jinja/[[Lugazi]], Entebbe, [[Tororo]], [[Mbale]], [[Lira, Uganda|Lira]], [[Gulu]], Masaka, [[Mbarara]], [[Kabale]], [[Kasese]] and [[Fort Portal]], [[Bushenyi]]/[[Ishaka]], [[Soroti]] [[Arua]], [[Masindi]], [[Malaba, Uganda|Malaba]], [[Iganga]], [[Hoima]], and [[Mubende]]. The smallest town served, Hoima, had a population of only 9,000. The NWSC operates under the MWE.<ref>((cite web | last=National Water & Sewerage Corporation - Home Page | title=National Water & Sewerage Corporation - Home Page | url=http://www.nwsc.co.ug/modules/pagewrap/ | access-date=6 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421233446/http://www.nwsc.co.ug/modules/pagewrap/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> | archive-date=21 April 2008))</ref>

Besides its performance contracts with the national government and its internal contracts beginning in 2000, NWSC also had two consecutive service contracts for billing and collection (called "management contracts") with foreign companies in Kampala. The first management contract between NWSC and the German company H.P. Gauff Ingenieure started in July 1998 and ended in June 2001. The second contract with the French company OSUL (Ondeo Services Uganda Limited) ran from February 2002 to February 2004. Under both contracts, NWSC's financial and operational indicators continued to improve. The Boston Institute for Developing Economies, however, has claimed that the improvements were not due to private sector participation, but to overall reforms of NWSC initiated before the service contracts were signed and continued while they were being implemented.<ref name="jammal 3"/>

===Small towns===
In small towns with a population between 5,000 and 30,000, facilities are owned and managed by local governments, supported by the MWE. Many have created Water Authorities, which contract out water services under 3-year contracts to local private operators since about 2000. At the beginning, private participation in small towns faces major challenges such as inexperienced local governments and private operators, limited public spending, and poor user participation.<ref>((cite journal | last=Danert | first=Kerstin | author2=Carter, Richard C. | author3=Rwamwanja, Ronnie | author4=Ssebalu, Jamil | author5=Carr, Graham | author6= Kane, David | title=The private sector in rural water and sanitation services in Uganda: understanding the context and developing support strategies | journal=Journal of International Development | volume=15 | issue=8 | pages=1099–1114 | date=6 November 2003 | doi=10.1002/jid.1053))</ref>

By 2010, 80 small towns with 35,000 connections were served by private operators. Service quality and user satisfaction have improved after the private operators took over the systems.<ref name="Shared"/>((rp|page 92)) But according to the Association of Private Water Operators, the contracts are too short to compensate the small, local private operators for their initial efforts in setting up their operations.<ref name=GWI>Global Water Intelligence:Taking Ugandan water PPPs to the next level, November 2010, p. 17</ref> Due to low tariffs and lack of funding for investments the private operators largely failed to expand the water system to connect the poor. Therefore, in 2005 the [[International Finance Corporation]] and the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) designed a pilot project to provide performance-based subsidies to private operators to expand access to the poor.<ref name="OBA Note 35">((Cite journal |last1=Azuba |first1=Chris |last2=Mugabi |first2=Josses |last3=Mumssen |first3=Yogita |date=July 2010 |title=Output-Based Aid for Water Supply in Uganda: Increasing Access in Small Towns |url=http://www.gpoba.org/sites/gpoba.org/files/OBA%20Uganda%207-19-10SCREEN.pdf |journal=OBApproaches |series=Note |publisher=The Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid |issue=35 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228050304/http://www.gpoba.org/sites/gpoba.org/files/OBA%20Uganda%207-19-10SCREEN.pdf |archive-date=2014-02-28 |access-date=11 March 2012))</ref>

Under the Uganda Water Small Towns and Rural Growth Centers project, private operators are eligible for [[output-based aid]] (OBA). Up to 55% of the output-based aid subsidies are paid to the private operators during construction, a second payment is made after successful completion and a last payment after successful operation, all verified by an independent technical auditor. The project expands the management contract approach, addressing some of its flaws. Under the project local governments bid out so-called design-build-operate contracts that include investments and have a duration of 5–10 years. It is carried out in Eastern Uganda in 6 small towns with existing piped water systems ([[Kamuli]], Nawanyago, Palisa, Tirinyi, Nankoma and [[Busembatia]]) and 4 so-called rural growth centers that do not have piped water systems yet. New household yard taps and public standpoints for about 45,000 poor beneficiaries are planned. GPOBA approved the project in February 2007 and provided a US$3.28 million grant. The project was initially expected to end in February 2010.<ref>((cite web | last=World Bank | author-link=World Bank | title=OBA in Water Supply in Uganda's Small Towns and Rural Growth Centers | url=http://www.gpoba.org/activities/details.asp?id=39 | access-date=5 July 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517155244/http://www.gpoba.org/activities/details.asp?id=39 | archive-date=17 May 2008 )) and [http://www.cowi.com/cowi/en/menu/projects/society/welfareeconomicsandservices/outputbasedaidforwatersupplyinuganda.htm COWI:Output-based aid for water supply in Uganda] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318091720/http://www.cowi.com/cowi/en/menu/projects/society/welfareeconomicsandservices/outputbasedaidforwatersupplyinuganda.htm |date=18 March 2008 )) and [http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2006/08/22/000090341_20060822144924/Rendered/PDF/37023.pdf World Bank Project Information Document OBA]</ref>

As of 2010, competitively awarded contracts had been signed in all ten localities. Four hundred fifty yard taps have been completed and verified so far, serving 8,100 people, with more under construction. The grant financing per capita is lower than under traditional approaches, and in three towns the winning bidder did not even request any subsidy, relying entirely on the expected tariff revenues to recover its investment and operating costs.<ref name="OBA Note 35"/> In one case, a commercial Ugandan bank provided a loan of $100,000 to the winning bidder to finance the construction works.<ref>IFC PPP success stories:[http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2011/06/10/000386194_20110610034943/Rendered/PDF/624320BRI0Ugan00Box0361478B0PUBLIC0.pdf  Uganda: Small Scale Infrastructure Provider (SSIP) Program - Water], November 2010</ref>

Local governments in two towns in the Northern Region, devastated by decades of Civil War, tried to apply this approach in 2009. In Kitgum, a town with 55,000 inhabitants, four bids were received and a contract was awarded in the summer of 2009 with a target to more than double the number of connections and water production, and to triple revenues collected without increasing tariffs in three years. In the much smaller town of Pader with 8,500 inhabitants, four bids were received, but none was responsive so that the town council continued to operate the system.<ref>John Butler, Senior Associate, ARD Incorporated:[http://www.energytoolbox.org/library/infra2009/references/11-30_12-17-09_reforming_urban_water_services_in_uganda_butler.pdf Reforming Urban Water Services in Uganda: Using Incentive Based Management Contracts  to Improve Services in Small Towns], 17 December 2009, retrieved on 11 March 2012</ref>

===Rural areas===
In rural areas, local governments at district levels are responsible for the adequate operation and maintenance of water systems. Responsibility for sanitation promotion and hygiene education in communities and schools is vested in the MWE, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Education and Sports.<ref name="GOU 2006"/>((rp|page 7))

===Other functions===
Besides the MWE, several other national ministries play a role in the sector. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development coordinates funding and donor support. The Ministry of Local Government is expected to support decentralized government systems, which manage their own water facilities. The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development is responsible for the promotion of gender-responsive development and community mobilization. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries oversees water use for irrigation.

Concerning sanitation, the Environmental Health Division under the Ministry of Health is in charge of an integrated sanitation strategy for the country, and the Ministry of Education and Sports is responsible for health, sanitation, and hygiene in schools. All the abovementioned ministries, together with the Ministry of Public Service, development partners, and civil society, form the Water and Sanitation Sector Working Group, which meets quarterly.<ref>((cite journal | last=African Development Fund | author-link=African Development Fund#Group Entities | title=Appraisal Report. Rural water supply and sanitation program, Uganda | date=March 2005 | url=http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/url/ITEM/084B449D5E817267E040C00A0C3D4328 | access-date=6 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610071615/http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/url/ITEM/084B449D5E817267E040C00A0C3D4328 |archive-date=10 June 2007 )), p. 3-4</ref>

==Economic efficiency==
As described above, the NWSC has substantially improved its operational and financial performance since it was reformed. Indicators show that [[economic efficiency]] is also improving in small towns, where the systems are owned by local governments. However, it is difficult to find data on the issue in rural areas.

===Non-revenue water===
According to the NWSC, the average share of [[non-revenue water]] (NRW) in all operating areas of NWSC was 33 percent in 2010/11. While in Kampala, it was 39 percent, and in the other 21 towns, it averaged 17 percent. These values are about the same as in 2006/07.<ref name="NWSC Annual Report 2011">((cite web | last=NWSC | title=Annual Report 2011 | url=http://www.nwsc.co.ug/files/annualreports/NWSC%20Annual%20Report%202011_FINAL.pdf | access-date=26 May 2013))</ref> NWSC blamed the high share of NRW in Kampala on the poor condition of the existing infrastructure. To improve the network and thus reduce NRW in Kampala, the Kampala Network Rehabilitation Project was launched in 2002. In 2002–2003, NRW had been 45 percent in Kampala and 27 percent in the remaining areas.<ref>((cite journal | last=National Water and Sewerage Corporation | title=Annual report 2006 to 2007 | year=2007 | url=http://www.nwsc.co.ug/uploads/PDdownloads/Annual%20Report%202006%20to%202007.pdf | access-date=8 May 2008 )) ((dead link|date=April 2009)), pp. 3; 24-25</ref> Concerning small towns, the MWE in its 2006 sector performance report indicates that NRW decreased slightly from 24 percent in June 2004 to 22 percent in June 2006.<ref name="GOU 2006"/>((rp|page 23))

There is no agreement on appropriate levels of NRW among professionals. Tynan and Kingdom, however, have proposed a [[best practice]] target of 23 percent in developing countries.<ref name="Tynan/Kingdom">Their proposal was based on a study that used data from 246 water utilities, half of which were in 44 [[developing countries]]. The utilities ranged from small ones serving fewer than 125,000 people to large ones serving more than 500,000. All regions and, within countries, all income levels were included. In each of the five categories (NRW, labor productivity, service coverage, water prices, and connection costs and continuity of service), at least 30 utilities from developing countries and 30 from developed countries were included. The best practice targets for developing countries were based on the performance of the top 25 of developing country utilities. The study used data from the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Utilities database and the Asian Development Bank.((cite journal | last=Tynan | first=Nicola | author2=Kingdom, Bill | title=A Water Scorecard. Setting Performance Targets for Water Utilities | journal=Public Policy Journal | issue=242 | publisher=The World Bank Group | date=1 April 2002 | url=http://rru.worldbank.org/documents/publicpolicyjournal/242Tynan-040802.pdf | access-date=19 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304173501/http://rru.worldbank.org/documents/publicpolicyjournal/242Tynan-040802.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2009 | url-status=dead ))</ref> Except for Kampala, the NRW in large and small Ugandan towns, according to the available figures, were better than the target.

===Labor productivity===
In 2011, NWSC had 6 employees per 1,000 connections.<ref name="NWSC Annual Report 2011"/> Back in 1998, there were 36 employees per 1,000 connections.<ref>((cite journal | last=Mughisha  | first=Silver | author2=Berg, Sanford V. | author3=Muhairwe, William T. | title = Using Internal Incentive Contracts to Improve Water Utility Performance: The Case of Uganda's NWSC | journal=Water Policy | volume=9 | issue=3 | pages=271–284 | year=2007 | doi=10.2166/wp.2007.010| doi-access= )), p. 6</ref> It was significantly reduced to 11 employees in 2003 and 7 in 2007.<ref>((cite journal | last = National Water and Sewerage Corporation | title=Annual report 2006 to 2007 | year=2007 | url=http://www.nwsc.co.ug/uploads/PDdownloads/Annual%20Report%202006%20to%202007.pdf | access-date=8 May 2008 )) ((dead link|date=April 2009)), p. 33</ref> The MWE indicates an improvement of labor productivity in small towns from 47 employees per 1,000 connections in June 2004 to 28 in June 2006.<ref name="GOU 2006"/>((rp|page 23)) Tynan and Kingdom propose a best practice target of 5 employees per 1,000 connections in developing countries.<ref name="Tynan/Kingdom"/>

==Financial aspects==

===Tariffs and cost recovery===
Although Uganda's official policy is to promote tariffs that cover all costs, the NWSC tariff actually covers only operation and maintenance costs. According to a 2003 published report, the second performance contract between the government of Uganda and NWSC provided for a tariff policy that in the long term covered operation, maintenance, and a part of the future investments.<ref>((cite journal | last=The Republic of Uganda | author-link=Uganda | title=Performance contract between the Government of the Republic of Uganda and National Water and Sewerage Corporation | date=17 October 2003 | url=http://ppp.worldbank.org/public-private-partnership/sites/ppp.worldbank.org/files/documents/Performance%20Contract%20btn%20GoU%20and%20NWSC.pdf | access-date=7 May 2008 | page=21))</ref> Although the current tariff structure does recover operation and maintenance costs, the tariffs are not high enough to finance system expansion, leaving system improvement and extension investments to the national government and international donors. According to UN-Water, full cost recovery tariffs including investments would require a significant rise of tariffs.<ref name="Shared"/>((rp|pages 82–8)) William T. Muhairwe in 2006 asserted that full cost recovery in [[least developed countries]] is a myth.<ref>((cite journal | last=Muhairwe | first=William T. | title=Cost Recovery Mechanisms: The Success of the NWSC-Uganda and its Relevancy for Other African Countries. Presentation at the Experts' meeting on "Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation in Africa" | location=Paris | date=1 December 2006 | url=http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/57/37787219.ppt | access-date=8 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318062254/http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/57/37787219.ppt | archive-date=18 March 2009 | url-status=dead ))</ref> According to him, tariffs would have to increase by 90 percent to provide full cost recovery.<ref name="Mbatau wa Ngai 2008">((Cite news |last=wa Ngai |first=Mbatau |date=25-26 February 2008 |title=Uganda: NWSC Turns to Bond Market for Financing |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200802252074.html |newspaper=The Monitor |location=Kampala |via=AllAfrica Global Media, COMTEX |id=[[Factiva|Dow Jones Factiva]] [https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?p=sa&NS=16&AID=9UNI005200&an=AFNWS00020080226e42p00009&drn=drn:archive.newsarticle.AFNWS00020080226e42p00009&cat=a&ep=asi AFNWS00020080226e42p00009]))</ref>

In fiscal year 2006–2007, the NWSC tariff for domestic use was US$0.64 per cubic metre. Taken from a public standpipe, the tariff was US$0.42 per cubic metre or less than US$0.01 per [[jerrycan]]. The average commercial tariff was US$1.00 per cubic metre.<ref name="NWSC tariffs" /><ref name="Shilling 2007">[[Ugandan shilling|USh]]&nbsp;((shilingi|1)) = US$0.0006061 (30 June 2007); source: oanda.com</ref> For commercial users, a rising block tariff structure was used. A customer who was connected to the sewerage system would pay an additional charge of 75-100 percent. Although water is cheapest at standpipes, UN-Water reports that in this case users usually have to pay the costs of operating a stand tap and thus in the end pay more.<ref name="Shared"/> A cross subsidy arrangement enables NWSC to keep in operation systems that do not cover operation and maintenance costs.<ref name="MWE 2007"/>

===Investment and financing===

The amount of investment needed to reach 95 percent access to water supply in 2015 were estimated at US$100 million per year, only slightly more than the estimated actual investment of $85 million in 2006. About 75 percent of investments were financed through external assistance in 2000.

====2006/07 investments====

According to the MWE, the total budget for Ugandan water supply and sanitation was USh&nbsp;149&nbsp;billion in fiscal year 2006–2007, of which US$73&nbsp;million were actually spent. This corresponds to US$2.37 per inhabitant.<ref name="pop 2007"/> The NWSC received a budget of US$56 million. Out of the remaining funding of US$34 million, 54 percent was allocated to rural water and 29 percent to urban water.<ref name="Shilling 2007"/>

In addition, NGOs and [[community-based organization]]s (CBO)s reported investments of US$5 million in 2006,<ref name="Shilling 2006"/> and NGO and CBO members of the UNICEF-supported Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) cluster, which provide emergency water supply and sanitation in the Northern Region, and, reported investments of US$15 million from January 2005 to August 2006.<ref name="MWE 2007"/><ref name="Shilling 2007"/> Total sector investments in 2006 thus can be estimated at US$85 million.((citation needed|date=May 2017))

====Investment needs====

Because water supply and sanitation are recognized as key elements of the PEAP, the plan provides for long-term investments in the sector with priority to rural areas. The document indicates that in order to reach 95 percent coverage by 2015, from 2001 to 2015 investments of about US$956 million and US$417 million were needed for rural and urban areas, respectively, corresponding to a total of about US$1.008 billion per year or only US$15 million more than current investment levels.<ref name="PEAP 182-183"/>

====Financing====

According to UN-Water, around the year 2000, donor financing accounted for up to 75 percent of the total sector funding. The sector benefited significantly from the Poverty Action Fund under the framework of the PEAP.<ref name="Shared"/>((rp|pages 26–28)) Uganda became the first country to qualify for debt relief under the [[Heavily Indebted Poor Countries]] initiative. According to a 2005 report, debt relief contributed about US$80 million per year to the PAF.<ref>((cite report |last=WaterAid |author-link=WaterAid |date=May 2005 |title=National water sector assessment, Uganda |url=http://www.wateraid.org/other/startdownload.asp?DocumentID=87&mode=plugin |url-status=dead |journal= |page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807212841/http://www.wateraid.org/documents/plugin_documents/ugandasnapshotweb.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-07 |access-date=7 May 2008))</ref>

Financing conditions differ between urban and rural areas. In the case of the NWSC, concessional debt contracted from international financial institutions had been passed on by the government to the utility in the form of debt. In February 2008, however, the government agreed to convert the NWSC's USh&nbsp;153.5&nbsp;billion debt into equity. This was done to increase the NWSC's ability to borrow from the local capital market. A week later, the NWSC announced that it intended to borrow USh&nbsp;30&nbsp;billion more on the bond market to finance mitigation of the impact of [[Lake Victoria]]'s receding levels on water supply. The NWSC expected to be able to borrow in local currency at lower interest rates and for longer maturities compared to borrowing from commercial banks. The World Bank assisted in structuring the bond issue.<ref name="Mbatau wa Ngai 2008"/> The Ugandan Ministry of Finance, however, stopped the bond issue from going ahead, citing the need to first use conventional concessional financing sources.<ref>((Cite conference |last=Muhairwe |first=William T. |date=December 2010 |title=Accessing Market Finance: The NWSC Experience |url=https://slideplayer.com/slide/4706032/ |conference=2nd Public Private Africa Conference |location=Tunis |page=10))</ref>

Concerning rural areas, investments are financed primarily by grants. According to the 2000–2015 Rural Water and Sanitation Strategy and Investment Plan, Uganda's principal investment document for rural water supply and sanitation, financing for the rural sector continued to be provided by external donors, the national government, and NGOs.<ref>((cite journal | title=Rural Water and Sanitation Strategy and Investment Plan 2000–2015. | url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPRS1/Resources/383606-1201883571938/Uganda_Rural_WSS.pdf | access-date=8 May 2008)), p. 29</ref>

Ninety-seven percent of investments in sanitation were funded by external aid. For the period 2010–2015. the government budgeted US$0.4 million for sanitation, corresponding to 0.01 percent of gross domestic product.<ref name="EU aid">((cite web | last=EU Water Initiative Africa | title=Update on EU Aid to Water and Sanitation in Africa Political Briefing Note EU Water Initiative Africa Working Group | url=http://www.euwi.net/files/Update_on_EU_Aid_to_Water_and_Sanitation_EUWI-Political_Briefing_Note.pdf | access-date=23 October 2011 | page=5 | date=April 2011))</ref> This compares unfavorably to a commitment by African Water Ministers made at the Africasan conference in 2008 in the eThekwini declaration in which they aspired that budget allocations for sanitation and hygiene "should be a minimum of 0.5% of GDP".<ref>((cite web | last=African Minister's Council on Water | title=The eThekwini Declaration and AfricaSan Action Plan | url=http://www.africasan3.com/Images/eThekwiniAfricaSan.pdf | access-date=23 October 2011 | pages=1 | year=2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425084003/http://www.africasan3.com/Images/eThekwiniAfricaSan.pdf | archive-date=25 April 2012 | url-status=dead ))</ref>

Overall, funding by the national government was expected to increase from 25 percent in 2000 to 75 percent((until when|date=March 2020)).<ref name="Shared"/>((rp|pages 38–57))

==External cooperation==
Uganda receives external support from several donor agencies. In 2002, a [[Sector-Wide Approach]] (SWAp) was adopted for the water and sanitation sector.<ref name="GOU 2006"/>((rp|page 5)) Under the SWAp most development partners have agreed to channel their financing through the national budget. According to a 2006 report by UN-Water, the SWAp has led to the increased confidence of development partners and has proved to be the most appropriate mechanism for resources mobilization and program implementation.<ref name="Shared"/>((rp|pages 25–27))

===Joint Water and Sanitation Sector Programme Support===

The Joint Water and Sanitation Sector Programme Support, which follows a Sector-Wide Approach, is aligned with Uganda's 2004 Poverty Eradication Action Plan. Altogether, US$150&nbsp;million were to be spent under the program, which started in 2008 and was expected to run for five years. The major development partner involved in the program was the [[Danish International Development Agency]], which alone provided US$66&nbsp;million. The other partners were the [[African Development Bank]] (US$27&nbsp;million), the [[Austrian Development Agency]] (US$19&nbsp;million), the [[Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency]] (US$14&nbsp;million), the UK's [[Department for International Development]] (US$10&nbsp;million), the EU (US$9&nbsp;million), the German [[Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit]], and the German[[KfW]] (US$6&nbsp;million). The program aimed to support the achievement of the sector targets. It intended to serve about 1,410,000 people in rural areas, 373,000 people in rural growth centers (RGCs) (communities with a population between 2,000 and 5,000 people<ref>((cite journal | title=Rural Water and Sanitation Strategy and Investment Plan 2000–2015. | url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPRS1/Resources/383606-1201883571938/Uganda_Rural_WSS.pdf | access-date=8 May 2008)), p. 17</ref>), and 155,000 in small towns directly with water and to give them access to basic sanitation and hygiene facilities. Besides the extension of water supply and sanitation in rural areas, RGCs, and small towns, the program included the following components: water resources management, sector program support for capacity building, and sector reforms and water for production.<ref>((cite journal | last=Republic of Uganda | author2=GTZ/DED, Germany | author3=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark | author4=Austrian Development Agency, Austria | author5=African Development Bank | author6=European Union Water Facility, European Union | author7=Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sweden | author8=Department for International Development, UK | title=Joint Water and Sanitation Sector Programme Support (2008–2012). Programme Document. | date=July 2007 | url=http://www.danidadevforum.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/4DD703F6-91CD-493D-8437-114470091C64/0/FinalJWSSPSwithannexes25July2007.doc | access-date=14 May 2008))</ref>

===African Development Fund===
In 2005, the [[African Development Fund]] decided to contribute US$61&nbsp;million to the rural water supply and sanitation program. Another US$118&nbsp;million are provided by the Government of Uganda, and US$39&nbsp;million are financed by NGOs, several other development partners, and directly by the communities. The program, which lasts for 4 years, aims to rehabilitate existing water supply schemes and provide new ones in rural areas. Furthermore, it seeks to provide new sanitation facilities in public places, schools, and health centers. These physical efforts are accompanied by environmental assessments, mitigation, and monitoring, as well as community development and capacity building. Finally, the program provides for institutional support for the central ministries in order to enable them to efficiently carry out their tasks.<ref>((cite journal|last=African Development Fund |author-link=African Development Fund#Group Entities |title=Appraisal Report. Rural water supply and sanitation program, Uganda |date=March 2005 |url=http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/url/ITEM/084B449D5E817267E040C00A0C3D4328 |access-date=6 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610071615/http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/url/ITEM/084B449D5E817267E040C00A0C3D4328 |archive-date=10 June 2007 ))</ref>

===European Union===
The European Union contributed €14.75&nbsp;million to the Mid-Western Towns Water and Sanitation Project. Under the project, which was implemented between 2001 and 2007, water supply and sanitation facilities in the towns of [[Masindi]], [[Hoima]], and [[Mubende]] districts were rehabilitated and extended.<ref>[[DFID]]:[http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/Case-Studies/2009/Uganda-sanitation/ Clean water makes for good living in Uganda], 15 October 2009 ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213102522/http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/Case-Studies/2009/Uganda-sanitation/ |date=13 December 2010 ))</ref>

===World Bank===
The World Bank has been active for decades in Uganda.((citation needed|date=April 2017)) For instance, the bank approved its seventh Poverty Reduction Support Credit in 2008, under which it intended to provide US$200 million from May 2008 to September 2009, supporting Uganda's third Poverty Eradication Action Plan.<ref>((cite web | last=World Bank | author-link=World Bank | title=Uganda - Overview | url=http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?Projectid=P101231&Type=Overview&theSitePK=374864&pagePK=64283627&menuPK=64282134&piPK=64290415 | access-date=14 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612042807/http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?Projectid=P101231&Type=Overview&theSitePK=374864&pagePK=64283627&menuPK=64282134&piPK=64290415 | archive-date=12 June 2011 | url-status=dead ))</ref>

====Water Supply Project====

From 1990 to 1998, the Water Supply Project was carried out under the framework of an urban water program. Its objectives were to improve public health, enable increased production of goods and services, prevent environmental pollution, and ease women's burden through the expansion and improvement of water supply and sanitation facilities. In Kampala, Jinja, Masaka, [[Mbarara]], and [[Mbare]], the project supported physical and institutional components to expand the system and strengthen the NWSC. In addition, water meters were installed to prevent water waste. The World Bank contributed US$60 million to the project.<ref>((cite web | last=World Bank | author-link=World Bank | title=Projects - Uganda : Water Supply Project (02) | url=http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?Projectid=P002969&Type=Overview&theSitePK=40941&pagePK=64283627&menuPK=64282134&piPK=64290415 | access-date=14 May 2008))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist|2))

==Further reading==

Adela Barungi (writer), Josephine Kasaija and Paito Obote (editors), Amsalu Negussie (supervisor):
[http://www.wateraid.org/documents/plugin_documents/pspugandaweb.pdf New Rules, New Roles: Does PSP Benefit the Poor? Contracts and Commerce in Water Services: The Impact of Private Sector Participation on the Rural Poor in Uganda], WaterAid and Tearfund, 2003

==External links==

=== Institutions ===
*[http://www.nwsc.co.ug/ National Water & Sewerage Corporation (NWSC)]
*[http://www.uwasnet.org/ Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET)]

=== Videos ===
* [[YouTube]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtj_N8_cBtw Sanitation for all - Uganda]. The video describes the sanitary conditions in informal settlements in Kampala and efforts to improve them.
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