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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 ...
Maynilad Water Services Inc. was formed in 1997 as a partnership of the Benpres Holdings Corporation (now the Lopez Group of Companies) and Ondeo Water Services Inc. after it won the bidding to run the water and wastewater services in the West Zone. Benpres eventually left the partnership in 2006 to settle a US$240 million debt.
In February 2011, the President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino, inaugurated the 0.1 million cubic meter per day multistage treatment plant, the first drinking water treatment plant to draw water from the lake. The plant aimed to supply 1.2 million residents in the south of the metropolitan area. [16] Manila Water also planned to tap into ...
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System [1] (Tagalog: Pangasiwaan ng Tubig at Alkantarilya sa Kalakhang Maynila), [5] formerly known as the National Waterworks and Sewerage System Authority (NAWASA), is the government agency that is in charge of water privatization in Metro Manila and nearby provinces of Cavite and Rizal in the Philippines.
The Philippines' Bureau of Soils and Water Management (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Pamamahala sa Lupa at Tubig, [1] abbreviated as BSWM), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for advising and rendering assistance on matters relative to the utilization of soils and water as vital agricultural resources.
Isla Mactan Cordova Corporation (IMCC) would be awarded a contract to supply water for the Metropolitan Cebu Water District in June 2021. [1] To fulfill the contract, the construction of a desalination plant in Cordova, Cebu began. Watermatic Philippines, a joint venture of Vivant and Israeli firm WaterMatic International, led the construction. [2]
It can store water that is good for 19 days of Manila Water's supply requirements. Its critical dam level is at 69 meters above sea level. Manila Water has also begun drawing water from the Laguna de Bay, which is treated in and distributed from the Cardona Water Treatment Plant located in Brgy. Del Remedio, Cardona, Rizal.
On December 15, 2000, the Bureau of Plant Industry under the leadership of Atty. BLO Umpar Adiong, was certified as ISO 9002 and considered as having a world class management system. [citation needed] In 2014, Assistant Secretary Paz J. Benavidez II of the Department of Agriculture was named OIC Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry.