We see a future in Bangladesh

without water crisis.

A Bangladesh in which every person has safe, sufficient and affordable water delivered straight into their home. Through our expanding network of Smart Water Grids, we are building a climate-resilient infrastructure that guarantees transparency and reliability. Our goal is to set a new standard for sustainable water management that reaches the most remote corners of the nation.

Supporting 22000+ people with safe water

In Bangladesh, providing safe drinking water remains a critical challenge, especially in the salt-prone coastal belt and the riverine heartlands. According to recent reports, millions of people in the southern coastal districts like Khulna and Patuakhali struggle with high salinity levels and arsenic contamination in their groundwater, forcing families to rely on unprotected ponds or distant sources. Access to clean water is a vital catalyst for health, ensuring children stay in school and families break the cycle of waterborne diseases. By implementing sustainable solutions—such as rainwater harvesting systems, community-based deep tube wells, and household sand filters—initiatives are working to bring reliable, safe drinking water directly to these vulnerable communities. Ensuring clean water for all in Khulna and Patuakhali is not just a health goal; it is an essential step toward a resilient and better quality of life for the people of Bangladesh.

Water and Sanitation Issues in Bangladesh

1 %

of rural households lack access
to a safely managed water supply

*The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP)

1 %

of rural households lack basic sanitation

*The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP)

About Us

Max Social Enterprise Ltd. (MSE) is a Bangladesh-based social enterprise delivering safe, reliable, and affordable drinking water to rural and coastal communities through decentralized piped water systems. Established in 2019, MSE operates as a 99% Dutch-owned social enterprise, combining international governance standards with deep local implementation experience to improve public health, climate resilience, and long-term access to safe water.

MSE operates under its brand Max TapWater, through which households are connected to piped water directly at home. To date, MSE has built 100 Max TapWater grids, supplying safe water to approximately 5,000 households. By 2026, the enterprise aims to make 130 grids operational, continuing to scale access year by year.
MSE’s water grids are intentionally simple, robust, and locally built, using straightforward technology and locally sourced materials. This ensures ease of operation, maintenance, and replication.

The innovation lies in MSE’s entrepreneurial service delivery model, where each grid serves small clusters of households typically 45 to 80 households per grids and is operated together with a local entrepreneur who can co-invest. This model creates ownership, accountability, and financial sustainability at the community level.
The enterprise’s approach has been refined through years of learning from test sites across Bangladesh. These experiences demonstrated that communities are willing to pay for piped water at home when the service is reliable and affordable, confirming that a business-driven approach is essential for sustainable rural water services.

MSE was founded and incubated within the innovation ecosystem of Max Foundation, a Dutch non-profit organisation dedicated to improving child health and wellbeing through sustainable, community-based, and entrepreneurial programmes. Max Foundation provides the long-term social vision, strategic direction, and innovation leadership that guide MSE’s work, ensuring alignment with SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 13 (Climate Action), and national priorities such as Bangladesh’s Delta Plan 2100.

Transitioning to Smart Water Grids

While MSE’s existing grids are conventional, the enterprise is now transitioning its Max TapWater systems toward smart water grids to improve efficiency, transparency, and climate resilience. As part of this transition, 120 grids will be upgraded to smart grids, 5 grids will be transformed into super smart grids, and only 5 grids will remain as traditional systems, ensuring a balanced mix of innovation while maintaining proven solutions.

Smart grids will integrate automated operations, real-time and remote monitoring, data-driven system management, and digital payment options, including mobile payments through bKash. These features will reduce water losses, improve service reliability, and strengthen financial sustainability.
In addition to piped water services, MSE operates a Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant in Khulna, supplying safe drinking water in jars.

Why piped water delivered at home?

01

Research shows that piped water improves health.

02

It is more convenient as it reduces the burden of water collection, which is overwhelmingly done by women and girls.

03

To bring Bangladesh to the final step on the SDG water ladder: ‘safely managed drinking water’ – located on premises, available when needed and free from contamination

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Our Services

Piped Water Grid Systems

We operate water grid systems in the Barisal region, providing households with piped water connections that ensure reliable, safely managed, and affordable water services directly to homes.

Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plant Systems

Through our reverse osmosis plants, we supply treated water to households in jars, ensuring consistent quality and dependable service.

Our

Vision

Through Max TapWater, Max Social Enterprise is building a scalable, climate-resilient, and financially sustainable water service model for Bangladesh. By combining entrepreneurship, smart technology, renewable energy, and community ownership, MSE is working toward a future where safe water is a dependable service flowing directly to every home.

Our

Mission

We enable households to access easy, safe, and affordable water services by developing and operating piped water grids and reverse osmosis plant systems that are efficient, sustainable, and community-focused. To ensure every rural household has a direct, affordable, and 24/7 connection to safely managed drinking water.

Our

Goal

At Max TapWater, our primary objective is to eliminate the water crisis in Bangladesh by establishing a decentralized, sustainable, and technology-driven water supply network. We aim to transition from traditional aid-dependency to a self-sustaining social enterprise model that empowers local communities.

Our Impact

By installing direct tap connections, we have eliminated the need for women and children to walk miles for water, significantly reducing “time poverty” and physical strain.At Max TapWater, our impact is measured not just in liters of water delivered, but in the time saved for women, the health of children, and the resilience of communities against climate change. We are transforming the landscape of rural water access across the most vulnerable regions of the country.