A  PROFILE

             The Kerala Water Authority was constituted by  the  Government  of Kerala on  1st  April 1984 under the Kerala Water Supply and Waste Water Ordinance 1984 as a successor to the  erstwhile  Public Health   Engineering   Department of the Government of Kerala.  The ordinance was replaced by the Kerala Water Supply and Sewerage Act 1986.

 

Organisation set up

             The Board of the Authority consists of Chairman, Managing   Director,  Secretary  to  Government  (Water  Supply),  Secretary  to Government (Finance),  Secretary  to Government (Local Administration),  Secretary  to Government  (Rural Development),  two members  representing  local bodies,  two members appointed  by  the Government , Technical Member and Accounts Member. The Managing Director is the Chief Executive of Kerala Water Authority.

 

The present members of the Kerala Water Authority are:

Sri. K. Jayakumar, IAS

Chairman, KWA-Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Govt.of Kerala

Sri. C. Suresh Babu

Managing Director, Kerala Water Authority

Sri. T.P Mohanlal

Technical Member, Kerala Water Authority

Sri. V.K. Girijavallabhan, IAAS

Accounts Member, Kerala Water Authority

Sri. Jose Cyriac, IAS

Principal Secretary, Finance Department

Sri. S.M.Vijayanand, IAS

Principal Secretary to Govt., Local Self Govt. 

Sri. T.K.Jose, IAS

Secretary to Govt., Local Self Government.

Adv. G. Rajendra Prasad

Member, Paravoor Municipal Council, Paravoor, Kollam.

Sri. Illickal Augusty

Member (Perumbadavu, Karipal.P.O., Chapparapadavu, Kannur)

Sri. C.Raveendran

Member, Kannur District Panchayath

Sri. Velayudhan Vallikunnu

Member (Ragam, Vallikunnu.P.O., Malappuram.

  • Kerala Water Authority is divided into three regions, viz, South, Central and North with headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode respectively headed by a Chief Engineer at each regional office. 
  • Apart from the Regional Chief Engineers, there are Chief Engineers for (i) Human Resources Developmen (Personal, Services and General matters) and (ii)  JBIC projects. There is also a Finance Manager & Chief Accounts Officer to look after the financial management of the Authority.

The name of the above officers are as follows:

Fin. Manager & Chief Accounts Officer

Sri. P.R. Devaraj

Chief Engineer (HRD & GL)

Sri. S. Devadasan

Chief Engineer(South)

Sri. R. Sukumaran

Chief Engineer(Central)

Smt. Susan Jacob

Chief Engineer(North)

Sri. R.Sasidharan

Chief Engineer(JBIC)

Sri. P.C Thomas Panicker

 

The activities of the Authority are handled in the following offices: 

 No.

     Offices

       Head of the Office

       Function

   1

Head office 

Managing Director

Chief Executive

   2

Regional offices

Chief Engineer

Region Head

   3

Circle offices

Superintending Engineer

Supervision

   4

Divisions

Executive Engineer

Execution

   5

Sub Divisions

Assistant Exe. Engineer

    -do-

   6

Section offices

Assistant Engineer

 

 

Head Office Building, Trivandrum           

The Head Office is at Thiruvananthapuram. Places of other offices up to Division level are given in the organisation chart. To see the organisation chart  Click here

The organisation has 465 offices and around 9000 employees. To see the offices Click here.   

The activities of the Authority are controlled and monitored by the  Head Office. 

     

KERALA WATER AUTHORITY TRAINING CENTRE

            The Kerala Water Authority HRD Wing is headed by the Chief Engineer (HRD) and has two units viz. Training and HRD.  In house sectoral training are conducted by the Training Centre every year based on an approved Action Plan for all categories of staff including Technical, Ministerial, Class IV, Operating staff etc.  Officers of Kerala Water Authority are also deputed for the refresher training courses through CPHEEO carried out at various institutions in the country and also for courses conducted by NEERI, HSMI etc.  Kerala Water Authority is conducting national refresher course on Water Works Supervisors Course every year (4 weeks duration) for which participants from all over India attend.  Training Centre also deputes Kerala Water Authority staff for PG courses in Public Health/Environmental Engineering inside as well as outside the State.

            The HRD unit imports GRL training as envisaged by NHRD Programme.  The participants are selected by the respective Panchayats with the concurrence of the concerned District Collector.

 

Status of Computerization

           The Authority has computerized the billing and collection in Trivandrum,Kochi, Kozhikode and Kollam Corporations and in major Municipalities viz. Alappuzha, Kottayam, Thiruvalla, Aluva, Moovattupuzha, Perumbavoor, Thripunithura, North Parur, Kalamassery, Palakkad and Kannur with good results.  It is proposed to replicate this system in the remaining major revenue centres of the Authority in one or two year time. There is Computer Network System in the Head Office. For effective planning, monitoring and implementation of various activities in water supply and sanitation sector of Kerala Computerised Management Information System (MIS) in Kerala Water Authority with the assistance of Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission of GOI is being implemented.