The ASP Manual is a stop document which will guide both the establishment and functioning of the ASP, and also be used as an important resource for all stakeholders involved in rural water supply services.

The Objectives of the ASP manual are:

i) To provide procedures and processes of identification and contracting the ASP;

ii) To facilitate the establishment and orientation of the ASP;

iii) To provide tools for monitoring the functions and operations of the ASP;

iv) To provide a basis for regulating the work of the ASP;

The “National Framework for Operation and Maintenance of Rural Water Infrastructure in Uganda” provides the overall guidance in the management of rural water supply systems outside the jurisdiction of the public water utilities managed under or by National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) and Umbrella Authorities (UA).

The government of Uganda in addressing its development challenges places great
importance on environmental safeguards as evidenced in the numerous policies and laws
instituted to guide the sustainable use of natural resources. Important of these is the National
Environment Management Policy under which environmental management issues are based
with further guidance from other legal frameworks including the Environment Impact
Assessment (EIA) guidelines and other tools developed by the National Environment

The National Framework for Operation and Maintenance of Rural Water Infrastructure in Uganda (hereafter called ‘the Framework’) was developed by the Ministry of Water and Environment in 2019 with financial support from the Royal Danish Embassy and UNICEF. The objective was to develop options and standards for institutionally and financially sustainable operation and maintenance (O&M) systems for rural water supply infrastructure that are currently not adequately covered by existing management models.  

Over the last 36 months (since early 2016), the number of refugees hosted in Uganda has dramatically increased. To date, about 1.3 million refugees reside in 13 settlements across 12 districts including Kampala, living alongside their Ugandan hosts. Uganda’s approach to refugee

The Ministry of Water and Environment is undertaking several programmes in the development and utilization of water resources for productive use in crop irrigation, livestock, aquaculture, rural industries and other commercial uses to improve people’s livelihoods in rural areas through increasing the storage volumes for water for production. This is being done through construction of medium irrigation schemes, small scale irrigation schemes, earth dams, valley tanks, deep boreholes and bulk water schemes.

The provision of rural water supply and sanitation covers communities or villages (at the level of Local Council 1 (LC1) with scattered population in settlements up to 1,500 people, and Rural Growth Centres (RGCs) with populations between 1,500 and 5,000.

A list of Drilled Water Sources across Uganda.

The Ministry of Water and Environment through the Urban Water and Sewerage Departments takes mandate to construct piped water supply and sewerage systems in the large towns, small towns and rural growth centers in Uganda.  During the year 2019, The mandate is implemented through the 4No. WSDFs of Central, South Western, Eastern and Northern. It is also implemented through LV Watsan, WMDP, ERT and Support to small towns. The summarized table indicated the piped water supply and sanitation systems constructed and completed during the 2019.

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) will transport oil from the delivery point in Hoima District, Uganda, to a storage tank facility in Tanga District and a nearby offshore tanker loading platform, on the East African coast of Tanzania.