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WSS Providers Data

Nwasco has licensed 11 Commercial Utilities and 4 Private Schemes.

Commercial Utility Abbreviation Start of Operations No. of Towns/ Centres Serviced Total Population in Commercial Utility No. of Connections No. of Staff
Chambeshi Water and Sanitation Company CHWSC 2018 15 465,370 116,096 10
Eastern Water and Sanitation Company EWSC 2018 10 337,178 101,092 8
Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company KWSC 2018 3 722,534 258,200 15
Luapula Water and Sanitation Company LPWSC 2018 7 242,778 38,420 14
Lukanga Water and Sanitation Company LGWSC 2018 12 439,716 127,620 7
Lusaka Water and Sanitation Company LWSC 2018 6 2,636,964 513,587 6
Mulonga Water and Sanitation Company MWSC 2018 3 541,988 279,192 8
Nkana Water and Sanitation Company NWSC 2018 3 800,304 319,513 21
North Western Water and Sanitation Company NWWSC 2018 13 343,272 81,798 9
Southern Water and Sanitation Company SWSC 2018 21 425,303 276,031 10
Western Water and Sanitation Company WWSC 2018 17 217,652 60,237 1

 

National Urban Water and Sanitation Coverage

  2019 2020 2021
Total Urban Population 7,352,862 7,595,910 7,808,105
Total Urban Population Served with Water 6,244,247 6,575,615 6,913,881
Total Urban Population Served with Sewerage 0 0 0
National Urban Water Coverage 84.92 % 86.57 % 88.55 %
National Urban Sanitation Coverage 0.00 % 0.00 % 0.00 %

 

Total Connections

Commercial Utility Total Domestic 2020 Total Non-Domestic 2020 Total Connections
2020
Total Connections
2021
CHWSC 24,947 466,087 26,825 1,883
EWSC 22,186 342,281 23,963 1,818
KWSC 67,012 780,290 69,836 2,840
LPWSC 7,905 231,743 8,564 667
LGWSC 27,289 458,805 29,256 2,001
LWSC 107,264 2,835,047 118,584 15,162
MWSC 58,166 560,341 61,408 3,097
NWSC 66,826 863,408 70,395 3,634
NWWSC 17,107 293,995 18,448 1,331
SWSC 58,583 521,385 61,832 3,201
WWSC 12,849 242,528 13,794 1,088

Water Supply Coverage

 

Population Served with Water Supply

Commercial Utility Total Population 2020 Population Served
2020		 Proportion of Population Serviced by Household Connections 2020
Proportion of Population Serviced by Public Standposts & Kiosks
2020
Total Population 2021
Population Served 2021		 Proportion of Population Serviced by Household Connections 2021 Proportion of Population Serviced by Public Standposts & Kiosks 2021
Chambeshi Water and Sanitation Company 466,087 373,404 41 % 18 % 489,458 398,675 45 % 10 %
Eastern Water and Sanitation Company 342,281 304,069 45 % 10 % 341,827 314,421 48 % 4 %
Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company 780,290 673,342 78 % 22 % 791,548 680,704 77 % 23 %
Luapula Water and Sanitation Company 231,743 116,442 32 % 4 % 237,160 122,845 34 % 32 %
Lukanga Water and Sanitation Company 458,805 376,333 33 % 1 % 473,128 400,819 36 % 28 %
Lusaka Water and Sanitation Company 2,835,047 2,540,541 48,100 % 4 % 2,924,726 2,740,603 50 % 0 %
Mulonga Water and Sanitation Company 560,341 546,218 78 % 22 % 581,907 545,579 73 % 27 %
Nkana Water and Sanitation Company 863,408 846,571 71 % 29 % 889,307 872,720 71 % 29 %
North Western Water and Sanitation Company 293,995 206,003 36 % 28 % 301,416 214,833 36 % 28 %
Southern Water and Sanitation Company 521,385 488,335 82 % 18 % 530,751 507,089 85 % 15 %
Western Water and Sanitation Company 242,528 104,357 37 % 26 % 246,877 115,593 44 % 12 %
11 CUs 7,595,910 6,575,615 58 % 42 % 7,808,105 6,913,881 58 % 42 %

 

Sanitation Service Coverage

Sewer Connections

Commercial Utility Total Sewer Connections 2020 Total Sewer Connections 2021
Chambeshi Water and Sanitation Company 4 4
Eastern Water and Sanitation Company 5 5
Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company 49 50
Luapula Water and Sanitation Company 50 51
Lukanga Water and Sanitation Company 62 63
Lusaka Water and Sanitation Company 100 102
Mulonga Water and Sanitation Company 155 157
Nkana Water and Sanitation Company 216 219
North Western Water and Sanitation Company 1010 807
Southern Water and Sanitation Company 1023 820
Western Water and Sanitation Company 1024 821
Total 821 7808105