Wastewater Management Authority

Overview

The WMA Act 2000 established the WMA as a corporate body and was proclaimed on August 30, 2001.

The Authority operates under two legal instruments, signed on August 31, 2001, which regulate the relationship between WMA and the Ministry of Renewable Energy and Public Utilities. These instruments are:

	Convention de Maîtrise d’Ouvrage Deleguée (for the construction of new works)
	Contrat de Délégation (for the Operation & Maintenance of the Public Wastewater Systems)

Under the Convention de Maîtrise d’Ouvrage Deleguée, the Government of Mauritius entrusted to WMA the overall responsibility for the implementation of all projects under the National Sewerage Program (NSP). This program objective is to connect 50 % of the population to the public sewer system by 2011 / 2012 (revised forecast).

Under the Contrat de Délégation, the WMA is responsible to the Government for the Operation and Maintenance of all Government’s wastewater assets in use in the Public Sewerage Systems.

The WMA Act 2000 was subsequently amended through the WMA Amendment Act 2004, which was proclaimed in August 2004.