Department of Water Supply and Sewerage

DWSS is acting as the lead government department to achieve this target with the following broad objectives:

1. provide and ensure safe, convenient and adequate water supply to all Nepalese, with sanitation as an integral component, and with specific focus on disadvantaged groups;

2. reduce the incidence of water-related diseases prevalent in the country; and

3. reduce suffering and drudgery of women and children, traditionally responsible for collecting water and domestic sanitation and hygiene.