Apply In-Person:

1. Application for getting a license for water and sewerage in Tanzania is available in Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority contact link
2. Applicant must procure the application form for this service from the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority.
3. Applicant has to enter all necessary details in the application form.
4. Applicant must carry photocopies and originals of all documents that are required for completing this procedure.
5. Documents that are required for completing this procedure is mentioned under “Required Documents” section of this page.
6. Applicant has to attach photocopies of documents (whichever is necessary) along with the application form while submitting.
7. Fee for this procedure has to be paid as per authority’s request.
8. If all above-mentioned procedures were followed properly, the license will be provided within 1 month.
9. Applicant will be notified regarding the availability of license, after getting the notification; the applicant can visit the office for collecting their license.
10. If there is no notification provided by concerned authorities, the applicant can visit the office to know status of their application.

• Gazetted Declaration as a WSSA
• Organisation Structure
• Approved Tariff in Use
• Bankers proof for having utility accounts – confirmation letter
• Business Plan
• Memorandum of Understanding
• Certified Audited Financial Statements
• Details of Projects under Implementation
• Water abstraction rights documents for all water sources
• Title deeds for water sources and all operational infrastructures
• Environmental Impact Assessment certificate
• Social Economic Study Report
• Customer/Client service charter
• Annual Report for the Past year
• Water sector development Programme Financial Resources Utilization Agreement between the utility and the Ministry of Water.
• Approved budget for the current /past year.

Location: Dar es Salaam
Address: Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority,
LAPF Pesnsion Fund Towers,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Contact: +255222923513
Contact link
Location link

• Any individual in Tanzania who is willing to get license for water and sewerage is eligible.

• Fee for this procedure has to be paid as per authority’s request.

• This license is valid for 1 month.

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• Processing time for this procedure is 1 month.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.gIn the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Applicant must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.
• Applicant should make sure to follow all instructions provided by concerned authorities properly.

• Name
• Age
• Gender
• Place of Residence
• Academic Qualification
• Occupation
• Records of Payment of water bills and experience

• This license is necessary for getting water and sewerage facilities in Tanzania.

• CLASS I: License which shall be issued to a licensee who has a financial, technical and managerial capability to operate a licensed facility and recover all costs of operation.
• CLASS II: License which shall be issued to a licensee who has technical and managerial capability to operate a licensed facility and recover all costs of operation except part of its investment cost.
• CLASS III: License which shall be issued to a licensee who still gets financial, managerial and technical support from the Government and partially recover its operational costs.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority link

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