# Malé Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC)

_State-owned water, sewerage and electricity utility_

- Type: State-owned enterprise
- Also known as: MWSC, Male Water and Sewerage Company, Malé Water & Sewerage Company
- Website: https://www.mwsc.com.mv
- Last reviewed: 2026-09-22

The Maldives’ largest utility, supplying water, sewerage and, in some islands, electricity to Malé, Hulhumalé, Villimalé, Thilafushi, Gulhifalhu and regional islands including Maafushi, Dhuvaafaru and Kulhudhuffushi, and serving more than half the national population. Established on 1 April 1995 and owned 80% by the Government of Maldives and 20% by Hitachi, it also manufactures bottled water, PET preforms and PE and PVC pipes, and takes on external engineering projects.

## Key facts

- Staff: 1,227 (1,052 permanent) (as of 2025-12-31)
- Issued share capital: MVR 267 million (267,000 shares) (as of 2025-12-31)
- Subsidiary: Island Beverages Maldives Pvt Ltd (51%, bottled water joint venture with Champa Brothers) (as of 2025-12-31)
- Training spend: MVR 12.21 million; 171 programmes, 1,427 staff trained (as of 2025-12-31)
- Expatriate share of staff: 6.2% (15% in 2024) (as of 2025-12-31)

## Key people

- [Hussain Fahmy](): Managing Director (2026-04-14)
- [Abdul Salam Mohamed](): Deputy Managing Director (2023-12-31)
- [Aishath Roohy](): Acting Chairperson (2023-12-24)

## Ownership

- Government of Maldives: 80 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Hitachi, Ltd.: 20 (as of 2025-12-31)

## Recent coverage

- [Rebuilding a city that cannot stop: Malé's flooded streets and the cost of putting a nation on two square kilometres](https://www.goodmorningmaldives.com/news/male-rebuilding-city-cannot-stop-flooding-concentration) — 2026-10-23, Business & Infrastructure — A 90 mm storm flooded Malé on 21 October 2026. GMM's analysis of 51 years of rain, the tide gauge and the drains finds an island that has lost the capacity to cope, and sets out how to rebuild it without stopping the city.

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