As a result of the State's sense of the necessity of restructuring the drinking water and sanitation sector to ensure the achievement of the strategic objectives to be implemented for the benefit of the Egyptian citizen; the State considered the establishment of the Holding Company for Drinking Water and Sewage and the Regulatory Authority for Drinking Water, Sanitation and Consumer Protection.
The Holding Company for Drinking Water and Sanitation was established by the Republican Decree No. 135 of 2004 establishing a Holding Company for Drinking Water and Sewage and its subsidiary companies, which have the legal personality and subject to the provisions of Law No. 203 of 1991 and its executive regulations.
Under the third paragraph of the above mentioned republican decree, the public economic bodies and the public sector companies for drinking water and sanitation have been transformed into subsidiary companies of the Holding Company subject to the provisions of the Public Companies Sector Law promulgated by Law No. 203 of 1991, to become the number of 25 affiliated companies serving 27 governorates.
