The Eswatini Water Services Corporation (EWSC) is a body corporate duly established under the Water Services Corporation Act No.12 of 1992 as the sole provider of water services in the urban areas (water supply, and sewage treatment and disposal) and to control the abstraction of raw water from boreholes in those areas for which it is responsible. EWSC is a category ‘A’ Public Enterprise in terms of the Public Enterprise (Control and Monitoring) Act No.8 of 1989 and therefore it is wholly owned by Government.

The objectives of the Corporation is to abstract , store, transport , purify and collect water, convey, treat and dispose sewage in areas specified in the schedule of the Water Services Act. The Corporation is mandated to:

• Prepare schemes for the development of water resources and for the supply of water and construct, maintain and operate such schemes.
• Keep under constant review the quality, reliability and availability of water supplies.
• Control and regulate the production, treatment, storage, transmission, distribution and use of water for public purposes.
• Design, construct, acquire, operate and maintain water works for the purpose of supplying water for public purposes and
• Inspect and advise on the management, collection, production, transmission, treatment, storage, supply and distribution of water.