Nepal Water Supply Corporation, a public service oriented organisation, is an undertaking of His Majesty’s Government. It was established with the objective of making arrangements for the supply of potable water to the urban and adjacent rural areas as specified by the government and also managing the sewerage system in the Kathmandu Valley. This annual report has been prepared for the important day when the corporation was established 15 years ago.

This report is giving continuity to the publication to the annual report which has the objective of providing compact yet important information to our respected customers and various agencies about the corporation’s organizational structure, areas where it provides its services, technical, financial, administrative and social activities, and annual progress.

Nepal is rich in water resources but the challenging situation is in supplying water to high population density areas like the capital. Every year there has been quantitative and qualititative increase in the consumption of water; so the greatest challenge for the corporation is to narrow the gap between the production and supply despite supplementing the production, improvement and supply management in an equitable and effective manner through the preparation, their implementations and completion of various projects. To overcome the scarcity of water supply in the future, in the context of the lengthening deadline of the long term Melamchi project, the implementation of short-term and long-term projects is another big challenge for the corporation.

All possible efforts have been directed for the optimum utilization of the existing resources for increasing the supply of water, repair and maintenance of tubewells, checking leakage, fair distribution system and supply of water in tankers to the dry areas.

The corporation has the responsibility of meeting the water needs of the Valley inhabitants prior to the supply of water from the Melamchi project. To gradually bridge the gap between demand and supply, programs like construction and improvement of reservoirs and treatment plants, upgrading of pumping system, construction of additional tubewells and leakage control are being implemented. For this, public awareness has to be enhanced on the optimum use of an essential commodity like water which is unnecessarily going to waste and it has become urgent for cooperation from the local inhabitants (residents) urban intelligentsia in the corporation’s efforts.

In this context, under the special program, works are underway this current fiscal year for the rehabilitation of tubewells and construction of new ones, that is estimated to yield an additional 30 million liters of water every day. In the past few years, the corporation’s dependency on tapping ground water has greatly increased. It will be now ridiculous to supply water as a free gift of nature in the context of the heavy investment required for not only tapping ground water but its treatment, quality control for distribution and pipeline expansion.

Recently, Nepal Water Supply Corporation (Third Amendment) Ordinance 2062, Water Management Board Ordinance 2062 and Water Tariff Fixation Commission Ordinance 2062 have been enforced. Under this, a provision has been made such that His Majesty’s Government can hand over the corporation’s service system to any other organization. In this connection, to make primary preparation for the handing over, an ad hoc committee of the Kathmandu Valley Water Management Board has been constituted by His Majesty’s Government. Preparations are also underway for the corporation’s work area in a new structure under which its role will be limited to urban areas outside the Kathmandu Valley.

As the corporation has skilled and able manpower in both technical and administrative fields, it makes the firm commitment to make the required reforms and improvement if the necessary means and resources are made available. As it is a public service oriented organization, it is committed to providing the maximum facilities to the customers and has computerized its works for trustworthiness. This has increased customer satisfaction. Moreover, the computerization works have started in other areas of the Kathmandu Valley with the assistance of the Asian Development bank.

In conclusion, I would like to extend my gratitude to the members of the committee for the preparation for the publication of this report on the occasion of the anniversary program and the employees who made available the necessary data included in the report.
Thank you.

Lava Kumar Thapa
General Manager