The Northern Water Works Development Agency (NWWDA) was earlier established as Northern Water Services Boards through a Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1716 dated 12th March 2004 as a State Corporation under the State Corporations Act and the Water Act 2002. The water Act 2016 was enacted and the Northern Water Services Board, was gazetted as Northern Water Works Development Agency vide special issue of Kenya Gazette No. 28 dated 26th April 2019.
Northern Water Works Development Agency Board Chair Hon. Nasri Sahal Ibrahim signed the 20th Cycle of Performance Contracting agreement with the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation Mr. Zachariah Njeru in a ministerial ceremony conducted at a Nairobi Hotel on 18th October 2023.
PS Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation, together CEO NWWDA commissions various water project including Bouralgy Primary School borehole and Garissa last mile connectivity project.PS also flagged off water police unit and handover of plastic tanks