Gatanga Water & Sanitation Company is a limited liability Company, which had been operating under Gatanga Community Water Scheme since 2005 and started its operations under new licenses as a Company. After devolution came into effect, the Company is now fully owned by the County Government of Muranga since June 2023. The County plays the oversight role to ensure that the County’s mandate on delivery of services of Water & Sanitation is met and exceeded as envisioned.

Gatanga Water is among five Water service providers within Muranga County. Water area of jurisdiction is the whole of Gatanga and Ithanga sub-counties. The water sector in the Country is a regulated industry to ensure consumer protection. The mandate of regulation is vested on the Water Service Regulatory Board.

Over the years, and with the assistance of the Community then, the County Government, the National Government through state agencies like AWWDA, WSTF, and WASREB, the company has been able to grow its customer base to the current over 15,000 connections. This was achieved by rehabilitation of stalled Community water projects which were scattered within the constituencies, development of new sources and extension/rehabilitation of the distribution networks.