Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said on Wednesday that community-owned water districts should be included in the government's economic assistance programs to ensure continuous water supply in provinces.
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said on Wednesday that community-owned water districts should be included in the government’s economic assistance programs to ensure continuous water supply in provinces.In a statement, Recto stressed the role of water districts in ensuring the safety and well-being of the public amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Due to the deferment of the payment of utility bills, as well their own decision to relax collections, Recto said the water districts now face “cash flow problems”.Recto said that unlike Metro Manila water concessionaires Maynilad and Manila Water, which have “a reservoir of resources” to help tide them over during the quarantine period, water districts do not have a “deep well of funds”.
According to the Local Water Utilities Administration , there are 515 water districts operating in the country as of December 2015.“Although they are required to keep a financial reserve that can meet three months of operations, most of them do not have this cushion,” Recto said.
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