CAMWATER
Cameroon Water Utilities Corporation
Former names : CAMWATER
CAMWATER is the State's asset-holding company for urban and peri-urban drinking- water infrastructure, created in 2005 on the remains of the former SNEC. Since May 2018 it has also run water distribution directly, after the State did not renew the lease contract of the previous operator, Camerounaise Des Eaux (CDE).
- Sector
- Energy
- Ownership
- State-owned
- Supervising ministry
- Ministry of Water Resources and Energy
- Founded
- 2005
- Head office
- Yaoundé
Key facts
- CAMWATER was created by Decree No. 2005/494 of 31 December 2005 as a public-capital company, taking over the former SNEC's assets and liabilities (source: spm, read 2026-09-04).
- CAMWATER took over water distribution directly on 1 May 2018, the day after CDE's lease contract ended (source: investir-au-cameroun, read 2026-09-04).