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Public Advisory March 5, 2021
 
LATEST APPROVED POLICIES
  
Amendment on the Extension of Validity of Provisional Authority for Certificate of Public Convenience During the State of Public Health Emergency
NWRB Res. No. 02-0320-B was approved by the Board on its meeting held on January 20, 2021 which provides that all Provisional Authority issued during the State of Public Health Emergency shall be valid until December 31, 2021 unless otherwise revoked or extended by the Board.
  
Amendment on the Extension of Validity of Conditional Water Permit During the State of Public Health Emergency
Res.No.05-0320-A was approved by the Board on its meeting held on October 21, 2020 which provides that all Conditional Water Permits that have expired after June 30, 2020, including those with granted extensions shall be valid until September 30, 2021, unless otherwise revoked or extended by the Board during  State of Public Health Emerg. prevailing in the country.		  
Granting Authority to NWRB to Conduct On-line Hearings During the Period of Public Health Emergency
NWRB Res. No. 11-1220 was approved by the Board on its meeting held on December 17, 2020 that grants authority to NWRB to conduct on-line hearings for the determination of cases and petitions filed before it in the face of COVID 19 pandemic to fit current health and safety measures, subject to the issuance of guidelines.
  
Granting of Authority to Executive Director to Represent NWRB in Filing Criminal Cases
NWRB Res. No. 10-1220 was approved by the Board on its meeting held on December 17, 2020 that grants authority to the Executive Director to represent NWRB in filing a criminal case against monitored violators who consistently defies Orders issued by the NWRB.
  

ANNOUNCEMENT

(March 16,2020)

ln compliance with the Memorandum from the Executive Secretary, Re: Stringent Social Distancing Measures and Further Guidelines for the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) Situation and Civil Service Commission Announcement No. 12, series of 2O2O, we would like to inform our valued clients, guests and visitors that the National Water Resources Board is implementing the skeletal workforce for the duration of March 16 - April 14, 2020 or until such time that the Community Quarantine has been lifted.

NOTICE TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS ON ACCEPTANCE OF WATER PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND HEARING OF NWRB CASES IN THE WATER RIGHTS DIVISION

Pursuant to the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 Resolution No. 11 series of 2020, declaring Code Red Sub-Level 2 on the COVID-19 pandemic, and suspending work in the Executive Department in Metro Manila, Memorandum of the Executive Secretary dated March 13, 2020 on the Stringent Social Distancing Measures and Further Guidelines for the Management of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 Situation,

NOTICE

Pursuant to the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on the management of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 situation, Resolution No. 11, Series of 2020, declaring Code Red Sub-Level 2 on the COVID-19 threat, banning land, domestic air and domestic sea travel to and from Metro Manila and suspending work in the executive branch of the government from March 15, 2020 to April 12,2020, all hearings scheduled by the Water Rights Division of the National Water Resources Board (NWRB) within said period shall be postponed to a later date. This Board shall issue the appropriate orders for the rescheduling of the hearings.
SO ORDERED

Quezon City, 13 March 2020.
ATTY. ELENITO M. BAGALIHOG
Chief, Water Right Division

PRESS RELEASE
Increase in water allocation for municipal water use due to COVID-19

The National Water Resources Board (NWRB), in consultation with the  Technical Working Group on the Angat Dam Operations, increases the water allocation for the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) from the current 42 cubic meters per second (CMS) to its normal allocation of 46 CMS effective today, March 12, until March 31, 2020.