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Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) is a corporate body wholly
owned by the Botswana government. WUC was established by the
Water Utilities Corporation Act of 1970 (Laws of Botswana CAP
74:02) with a mandate of providing potable water to Botswana's
urban centres which are at the heart of national economic activity.
By this Act, the Corporation must operate along commercial lines
and must therefore be financially viable and therefore able
to support its operations. The Corporation treats raw water
and provides bulk water to the Department of Water Affairs for
onwards distribution to over twenty villages.
Since its inception, the Corporation has
been instrumental in providing water requirements in the country
for major development projects which have in turn contributed
immensely to national economic growth. The Corporation’s
customer base has grown dramatically from a few hundred connections
in 1971 to over 68 000 in the current year....more
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