WATER is essential to our day-to-day lives and enables economic development, supporting our agriculture, industries and household needs. As our nation continues to progress, the opportunity to enhance water availability and reliability through infrastructure becomes increasingly important.
The National Economic Development Authority highlights that we have significant room to expand our Level III water supply — a gold standard of safe, piped-in water for individual households. Forty-five percent of the population still relies on Level I unsafe sources, and an additional 11 percent on Level II communal faucets unsuitable for rapidly urbanizing communities. Without intervention, the country is projected to face high water stress by 2040 as demand outpaces our finite water resources.
Since our 300-MLD facility began commercial operations this February 2024, 96 percent of DCWD's connections now enjoy uninterrupted water supply — up from 78 percent just a year ago — enabling service expansion into previously unserved and underserved areas. The project features sustainable innovations, with a 2-megawatt integrated hydroelectric plant that fully powers the water treatment process and a completely gravity-fed pipeline network.
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