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Agricultural water management in the Philippines is primarily focused on irrigation. The country has 3.126 million hectares of irrigable land, 50% (1.567 million hectares) of which already has irrigation facilities. 50% of irrigated areas are developed and operated by the government through the National Irrigation System (NIS). 36% is developed by the government and operated by irrigators ...
The main source of pollution is untreated domestic and industrial wastewater. [30] Only one third of Philippine river systems are considered suitable for public water supply. [31] It is estimated that in 2025, water availability will be marginal in most major cities and in 8 of the 19 major river basins. [32]
Sewage (or domestic wastewater) consists of wastewater discharged from residences and from commercial, institutional and public facilities that exist in the locality. [2]: 10 Sewage is a mixture of water (from the community's water supply), human excreta (feces and urine), used water from bathrooms, food preparation wastes, laundry wastewater, and other waste products of normal living.
Maypajo. The Caloocan–Malabon–Navotas (CAMANA) Water Reclamation Facility is a sewage treatment plant under-construction in Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines. If completed, it will become the largest sewage treatment plant in the Philippines with a capacity to process 205 million liters (54,000,000 U.S. gal) of used water daily.
2019 crisis. On March 15, 2019, different sectors rallied in front of MWSS regarding the water shortage. On March 6, 2019, about ten thousand households across Metro Manila began to lose water supplies. [1] On March 11, the water level in La Mesa Dam reached 68.93 masl, below its critical level of 69 masl. [2]
Sewage treatment (or domestic wastewater treatment, municipal wastewater treatment) is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable to discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse application, thereby preventing water pollution from raw sewage discharges. [2]
Water privatization in Metro Manila began when the then President of the Philippines, Fidel Ramos, instructed the government in 1994 to solve what he called the water crisis in Manila by engaging with the private sector. In 1997, two concession contracts for the Eastern and Western halves of Metro Manila were awarded after an open competition.
Manila Water Company, Inc. has the exclusive right to provide water and used water (wastewater) services [1] to over six million people in the East Zone of Metro Manila. [2] It is a subsidiary of Enrique Razon 's Trident Water Holdings Company, Inc., who acquired stakes from the country's oldest conglomerate, Ayala Corporation, in 2024. [3]