{"id":224,"date":"2025-03-10T18:51:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/nwra\/?page_id=224"},"modified":"2025-03-14T09:43:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T09:43:59","slug":"about-nrwa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nwra.mw\/?page_id=224","title":{"rendered":"About NRWA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"224\" class=\"elementor elementor-224\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1145733 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1145733\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f53342 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2f53342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-square-full\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M512 512H0V0h512v512z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecb3299 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ecb3299\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34dbc65 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34dbc65\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-759620c e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"759620c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d10240 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-creative-button\" data-id=\"6d10240\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-creative-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"eael-creative-button-wrapper\">\n\n            <a class=\"eael-creative-button eael-creative-button--default\" href=\"#\" data-text=\"Overview\">\n\n\t    \n                <div class=\"creative-button-inner\">\n\n                    \n                    <span class=\"cretive-button-text\">Overview<\/span>\n\n                                    <\/div>\n\t                        <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d34474 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d34474\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe National Water Resources Authority (NWRA) is a statutory institution established under the Water Resources Act of 2013. This Act makes provisions for the control, conservation, apportionment and use of the water resources of Malawi and for purposes incidental thereto and connected therewith. It creates the NWRA to perform three key sets of function, namely: Regulatory functions, Water Resources Management functions and Policy advisory functions.\n<br\/><br\/>\n\nIn accordance with the Water Resources Act (2013), the Ministry responsible for Water Resources is mandated to provide strategic leadership in the overall management and development of the country\u2019s water resources in terms of regulation, assessment, planning, conservation, development, allocation, coordination, protection and delivery for use by all sectors that depend on it\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-212910b e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"212910b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf7b3f2 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no 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