{"id":52904,"date":"2023-11-20T19:44:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T19:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/illegal-boreholes-irk-nrwa"},"modified":"2023-11-21T19:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T19:24:18","slug":"illegal-boreholes-irk-nrwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/illegal-boreholes-irk-nrwa","title":{"rendered":"Illegal boreholes irk NRWA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>National Water Resources Authority (NWRA) says 75 percent of boreholes in Malawi are contaminated and the water is not fit for consumption because individuals or institutions drill boreholes without following NRWA\u2019s procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Public Relations Officer for NWRA Masozi Kasambala said this in Chiradzulu. \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that some individuals and institutions are cutting corners by drilling boreholes anyhow without following procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Kasambala, 75 percent of water boreholes in the country are biologically contaminated and unfit for human consumption. \u2018Therefore, we must make sure that all due processes are followed, \u201d Kasambala added.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the matter, Chiradzulu District authorities promised to work together with National Water Resources Authority in ensuring that all due processes are followed when an individual or institution wants to drill borehole(s).<\/p>\n<p>National Water Resources Authority was established in 2013 and its mandate is to liaise with relevant stakeholders for better regulation and management of water resources including issuing licenses to borehole drillers or constructors just to mention a few.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. National Water Resources Authority (NWRA) says 75 percent of boreholes in Malawi are contaminated and the water is not fit for consumption because individuals or institutions drill boreholes without following NRWA\u2019s procedures. Public Relations Officer for NWRA Masozi Kasambala said this in Chiradzulu. \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that some individuals and institutions are cutting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":52902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-52904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Illegal boreholes irk NRWA - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"National Water Resources Authority (NWRA) says 75 percent of boreholes in Malawi are contaminated and the water is not f ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/illegal-boreholes-irk-nrwa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Illegal boreholes irk NRWA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National Water Resources Authority (NWRA) says 75 percent of boreholes in Malawi are contaminated and the water is not f ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/illegal-boreholes-irk-nrwa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-20T19:44:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-21T19:24:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1700498501.079724.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/illegal-boreholes-irk-nrwa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/illegal-boreholes-irk-nrwa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Illegal boreholes irk NRWA\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-20T19:44:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-21T19:24:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/illegal-boreholes-irk-nrwa\"},\"wordCount\":179,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/illegal-boreholes-irk-nrwa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1700498501.079724.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/illegal-boreholes-irk-nrwa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/illegal-boreholes-irk-nrwa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/illegal-boreholes-irk-nrwa\",\"name\":\"Illegal boreholes irk NRWA - 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