Water and Sanitation - Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority

General information

Section 28 of the Water Supply and Sanitation Act, 2019 and EWURA Act Cap 414 2006, provide mandates to the Authority, to perform both technical and economic regulation of water supply and sanitation services in Tanzania, in order to protect stakeholders’ interests; ensuring sustainability of service providers’ ﬁnancial viability and promoting availability of regulated services to all consumers including low income and disadvantaged. In achieving these objectives, EWURA, among other things, issues licences, enforces quality and reliability of supply, approves rates and charges. Further, EWURA reviews business plans, customer service charters for water supply and sanitation authorities, promotes effective competition and promotes economic efﬁciency.

Currently, EWURA regulates 85 WSSAs, which provide water supply and sanitation services at Regional and District headquarters, Township and National Projects Water Authorities, shown in a List of Regulated WSSAs as of June 2023; as declared by the Minister responsible for water summarized here under:-

Table: Summary of regulated WSSAs

	Type of Utilities	No. of Utilities
1.	Regional WSSAs	26
2.	National Projects Water Authorities	7
3.	DT WSSAs	52
	TOTAL WSSAs	85

Infrastructure

Water installed capacity, Production and Demand

Water production FY 2021/22 in regional and national projects water utilities was 356 million m3. While, water installed capacity amounts to 554 million m3, and total water demand to 682 million m3. For District and Township Water Utilities, water production was 37.2 million m3 in FY 2021/22 while demand stood at 105.5 Million m3.