Nekemte City and Its Surrounding's Water Supply & Sewerage Service Enterprise

Our Mission

Our Mission

Mission: to provide safe and adequate potable drinking water and Sewerage management services to Nekemte City and its surroundings

Key commitments

  • 01

    • Increasing Access: A major objective is improving water supply coverage, which has been increased from the current 76% to 100% at the end of SDG target through drilling additional boreholes

  • 02

    • Operational Excellence: The enterprise manages, produces, and maintains water supply and sanitation schemes at large

  • 03

    • Quality Control: Ensuring safe potable water by testing water quality to meet public health standards, and addressing contamination risks

  • 04

    • Sustainability & Infrastructure: Addressing high water loss (nearly 18 % as of 2026) and planning for future demand, which is expected to grow the pipe size by improving network maintenance and infrastructure reduce and then reduce water lose to 10%.

  • 05

    • Technological Advancement: Implementing modern software water utility management information system (WUMIS) fully utilizing, E-payments and installing smart water meters to improve billing and monitor non-revenue water (NRW), accordingly, increasing organizational income towards full cost recovery.