Marcos approves creation of new water management office - BusinessWorld OnlineMANILA, Philippines — As the Philippines braces for the return...
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MANILA, Philippines — As the Philippines braces for the return of El Niño and the dry spells and droughts it could bring, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. signed an executive order creating an office that will ensure the availability and sustainable management of water resources in the country.
Marcos signed Executive Order 22 creating the Water Resources Management Office (WRMO) in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
WRMO was created to address the challenges affecting the management of water resources in the country such as the fragmented water and sanitation sector, increasing demand for water due to population and economic growth, impacts of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, lack of infrastructure, and inconsistent government regulations.
The new office’s first action should be reducing the country’s reliance on groundwater and deep wells, as well as managing surface water supply, the President was quoted as saying.
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- Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)