The Water and Sanitation Development Facility (WSDF) is a Facility of the Directorate of Water
Development (DWD) under the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE), with substantially semiautonomous branches. The WSDF funds and implements water and sanitation facilities in all four
regions in the country. During the Joint Water and Sanitation Sector Programme Support of
2008/09-2012/13, three WSDF branches, WSDF-Central, WSDF-East and WSDF-North were
established basing on the WSDF-SW, which was established earlier on, in 2006, following piloting of
the approach in the South-Western Region since 1996.
The WSDF approach is a mechanism for funding water and sanitation investments In Small Towns,
Town Boards and Rural Growth Centres; the WSDF branches carry out design and construction of
water supply and sanitation facilities, including the related software activities.