Background:
 Northern Umbrella of water and sanitation is an association comprising of water and sewerage boards of piped water schemes in Northern Uganda. It was registered as a government limited company (by guarantee) on the 3  February 2011 and it is currently operational with  Technical staff at the secretariat running its day to day functions. It currently enjoys membership of up to 161 schemes (86 supported and 76 directly managed) pipe water schemes spread across west Nile, Acholi and Lango sub regions of Northern Uganda. The secretariat office is located on plot 14/16 Maruzi road in Lira Municipality.