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Water Resources: Government Information: Library Guide: Malawi

This guide directs you to government sources on water resources from international to local level.

Organisation

Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development

National Water Resources Authority (NWRA). "NWRA was established by the Water Resources Act (2013) with the mandate to provide for the management, conservation, use and control of water resources and for the acquisition and regulation of rights to use water."

Water Resources Board

Established by the Water Resources Act Cap. 72:03.

Water boards are parastatals responsible for the supply of water and related services.

Blantyre Water Board

"parastatal organization established and reconstituted under the Malawi Water Works Act No. 17 of 1995 to supply potable water for commercial, industrial, institutional and domestic use in the supply area of Blantyre City and surrounding areas."

Central Region Water Board

Lilongwe Water Board

"Lilongwe Water Board was established in 1947 and it was reconstituted as a parastatal organization by an Act of Parliament, Water Works Act No. 17 of 1995."

Lilongwe Water Board.    Annual report and statement of accounts for 2002/2003-2003/2004, 2011/2012, 2013/2014 onwards.    Lilongwe, Republic of Malawi :   The Board. G 6897 ES.WATE.LILO 

Lilongwe Water Board, issuing body.    Madzi newsletter, Vol. 1, issue 4 (April-June 2014) onwards.    [Lilongwe] :   Lilongwe Water Board. G 6897 K.MADZ

Northern Region Water Board

"Northern Region Water Board is a body corporate duly established in 1996 under Waterworks Act No. 17 of 1995.It is wholly owned by the Malawi Government."

Southern Region Water Board

Projects

Monitoring of development projects in the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP).  Irrigation and water sector.  Lilongwe :   Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation,   [2009] G 6897 E.DEVE.09.MONI

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme :   East Mangochi : phase I and II, including extensions : project effect assessment report /    [Lilongwe] :   Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development,   February 2006. G 6897 E.WATE.06.RURA

Integrated Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Ntchisi and Mzimba Districts :   groundwater resources assessment report for Ntchisi District.    Lilongwe :   Ministry of Water Development ;   Addis Ababa :   Metaferia Consulting Engineers,   2005. G 6897 E.WATE.05.GROU

Integrated Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Ntchisi and Mzimba Districts.  Annex IIc, District Executive Committee and District Coordinating Team : orientation report : Mzimba.  Lilongwe :   Malawi Government, Ministry of Water Development,   January 2005. G 6897 E.WATE.05.INTE

Rural water supply Mangochi District :   phase II.   Düsseldorf, Germany :   Gitec Consult GmbH,   2005.  G 6897 E.WATE.05.RURA

Chapita Consulting Engineering, issuing body.    National Water Development Project credit, no. 2753 :   procurement support, management services and construction supervision of two rural gravity fed piped water schemes.    [Lilongwe] :   Ministry of Water Development,   2004.  G 6897 E.WATE.04.NATI

Chapita Consulting Engineering, issuing body.    National Water Development Project credit, no. 2753 :   procurement support, management services and construction supervision of two rural gravity fed piped water schemes.    [Lilongwe] :   Ministry of Water Development,   March 2004.  G 6897 E.WATE.04.NATI

Chimtengo, Patrick A. J., author.    National Water Development Project :   credit no. 2753 - MAI : consulting services for borehole construction supervision for 500 borehole program in Southern Region : inception report /    Zomba, Malawi :   Ministry of Water Development,   August 2002. G 6897 E.WATE.02.NATI

DHV Consultants, issuing body.    Preliminary design report :   Nkhamanga : draft preliminary design report : two rural gravity water supply schemes, Nkhamanga & Dwambazi /    [Lilongwe, Malawi] :   DHV Consultants,   2002.  G 6897 E.WATE.02.PREL

DHV Consultants, issuing body.    Progress report 6 :   National Water Development Project : progress report 6 (September-October 2002) : detailed design, procurement and management services of two rural gravity schemes, Nkhamanga and Dwambazi /    [Lilongwe, Malawi] :   DHV Consultants,   2002. G 6897 E.WATE.02.PROG

Feasibility study for Shire River Flow Augmentation Project :   inception report /    [Lilongwe] :   Ministry of Water Development, Republic of Malawi,   2001. G 6897 E.WATE.01.FEAS

Reports and studies

SADC Groundwater Management Institute. Gap Analysis and Action Plan: Scoping Report (Final) February 2019.

Malawi sector performance report, 2011: irrigation, water and sanitation

NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence. Country water resource profile. Malawi.

   Malawi irrigation, water & sanitation : 2010 sector performance report. --    [Malawai] : Malawi government, Ministry of Irrigation and Water development, [2011] G 6897 E.WATE.10.MALA

  G 6897 E.WATE.09.WATE  Water and sanitation sector :   joint sector review report 2009.    Lilongwe, Malawi :   Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development,   2009.

G 6897 E.WATE.07.POVE
Chirwa, Ephraim W
   Poverty and social impact analysis : private sector participation in the distribution and management of water services : a study of low income areas in Blantyre and Lilongwe / prepared by Ephraim Chirwa, Nils Junge. --    Lilongwe, Malawi : Ministry of Economic Planning and Development : Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development, [2007].

   91 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

SOGREAH Consultants (Malawi), issuing body.    District centres sanitation study :   R3 master plan report.   Volume 2, Karonga. [Lilongwe, Malawi] :   SOGREAH Consultants in association with ECG & WTM Chirwa,   2002.

Integrated water resources management

Malawi. Integrated water resources management and water efficiency (IWRM/WE) plan, 2008-2012. Abridged version.

Integrated water resources management / water efficiency plan for Malawi /    Blantyre, Malawi:   Malawi Water Partnership,   November 2007. G 6897 E.WATE.07.INTE

The integrated water resources development plan for Lake Malawi and Shire River system :   "Lake Malawi level control" stage 2 : feasibility study : progress report 2.    [Lilongwe] :   Republic of Malawi, Ministry of Water Development,   [2003] G 6897 E.WATE.03.INTE

River basins

Shire River Basin Management Program (Malawi), issuing body.    Shire River Basin atlas /    Lilongwe :   Malawi National Spatial Data Center,   November 2012. G 6897 E.WATE.12.SHIR

Policies and plans

Department of Irrigation. National Irrigation Policy, 2016. Lilongwe 3: Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Department of Irrigation, September 2016. 

Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development. Malawi Water Sector Investment Plan. Volume I, volume II. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, May 2012. 

Malawi. Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development. National water policy. 2nd edition (2007). Lilongwe: Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development, [2007.]

Integrated water resources management / water efficiency plan for Malawi /    Blantyre, Malawi:   Malawi Water Partnership,   November 2007. G 6897 E.WATE.07.INTE 

Malawi. Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development. National water policy. [Lilongwe] : [Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development,] August 2005. 

G 6897 E.WATE.05.NATI
Malawi.
   National water policy / Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development. --    [Lilongwe?] : Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development, [2005].

   vii, 23 p. ; 28 cm.

Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation. National Irrigation Policy and Development Strategy. [Lilongwe:  Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation,] June 2000. 

Ministry of Works, Supplies and Water Development. Water resources management policy and strategies. [Lilongwe: Ministry of Works, Supplies and Water Development,] May 1994. 

Water and sanitation

G 6897 E.WATE.06.NATI
   The national sanitation policy : Malawi national sanitation policy : "leading to better life for all Malawians". --    Lilongwe, Malawi : Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development, c2006.

   56 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

 

G 6897 E.WATE.07.NATI
   National Water Development Programme : investment planning for rural water supply and sanitation. --    [Lilongwe] : Govt. of Malawi, Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development, [2007]

   vii, 26 leaves ; 28 cm.

 

G 6897 E.WATE.09.WATE
   Water and sanitation sector : joint sector review proceedings / Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development. --    Lilongwe, Malawi : Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development, [2009]

   1 v. (various pagings) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.

 

G 6897 E.UNIC.06.ACCE
Netherlands
   Acceleration of water supply and sanitation towards reaching Malawi's MDGs, 2006-2011 / Government of the Netherlands - UNICEF partnership. --    [Lilongwe, Malawi?] : UNICEF Malawi, 2006.
   75 p. : map ; 30 cm.

Proposals

Unsolicited proposal for Malawi National Water Sector Development Program Plan /    [Ottawa] :   Cowater International,   [2004] G 6897 E.WATE.04.UNSO