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.

We will provide quality water supply and wastewater services in an environmental friendly and sustainable manner.

We will transform ourselves into a customer-friendly organisation providing services at the doorstep.

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.

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 Head Office is at Thiruvananthapuram. The organisation has 465 offices and around 9000 employees. The activities of the Authority are controlled and monitored by the Head Office.