National Water Resources Board

National Water Resources Board
Agency overview
Formed1974
Annual budget₱122.25 million (2021)[1]
Agency executive
  • Sevillo D. David Jr. Ph.D, Executive Director
Parent departmentDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources
Websitewww.nwrb.gov.ph

The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) is an agency of the Government of the Philippines working on water resources and potable water. It has policy-making, regulatory and quasi-judicial functions.[2]

The NWRB is an attached agency of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources responsible for ensuring the exploitation, utilization, development, conservation and protection of the country's water resource, consistent with the principles[3] of "Integrated Water Resource Management".

The NWRB Board is composed of five cabinet secretaries, plus a representative from academia and the NWRB's executive director and is led by the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources.

  1. ^ https://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/GAA/GAA2021/TechGAA2021/DENR/E.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ Managing the Country's Water Resource for Present and Future Generations, National Water Resources Board
  3. ^ The Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Plan Framework, November 2006