| খুলনা পানি সরবরাহ ও পয়ঃনিষ্কাশন কর্তৃপক্ষ | |
 Seal of Khulna WASA | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 2 March 2008; 16 years ago (2008-03-02) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Bangladesh |
| Headquarters | Khulna WASA Bhaban, 07 Roosevelt Jettyghat Road, Joragate, Khalishpur, Khulna |
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| Parent department | Local Government Division |
| Parent agency | Water Supply - 3 |
| Website | www |
Khulna Water Supply & Sewerage Authority or KWASA (Generally known as Khulna WASA) is a government-owned water supplier organization. It is a parallel organization of Khulna City Corporation.
History
Water supply system was first installed in Khulna in 1921. That time, they supplied 900 cubic metres of water per day. In 1960, Khulna Water Supply Authority started to supply water by production tubewell. Then Khulna Water Supply & Sewerage Authority was established in 2008. It is independent of Khulna City Corporation.
Services
Khulna WASA serves residents of the city by supplying pure water from Bangabandhu Water Treatment Plant of Rupsha. Khulna WASA also sells bottle water labeled by Sundarban Pure Drinking Water from the Bottle Water Plant situated in Rayer Mahal of Khulna city.
Projects
Khulna WASA is set-upping sewerage network throughout the Khulna city under the Khulna Sewerage System Development Project. Two several Sewage treatment plant will be constructed in this project.
References
- খুলনা ওয়াসা পানির বিল বাড়িয়েছে : বছরের প্রথম মাস থেকে কার্যকর [Khulna WASA raises water bill: effective from first month of year]. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- "Khulna WASA". kwasa.org.bd. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- "PM to open 'Bangabandhu Water Treatment Plant' today". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- "Khulna city to get $160m ADB loan for sustainable sewerage system". The Financial Express. Retrieved 28 February 2023.