MANILA -- National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. has enumerated short- and long-term solutions that would help address the water shortage in Metro Manila.
In a Palace press conference, Esperon acknowledged the likelihood of a water crisis in the country’s metropolis when water concessionaires fail to develop other sources of water.
“Until that time that we won’t be able to develop other resources, then we have the possibility of water shortages every now and then,” he said.
NEW WATER ULTRAFILTRATION PLANT. Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) Acting Administrator Jeci Lapus shows how unclean water is converted into potable water as Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año looks on during the recent inauguration of the new ultrafiltration treatment plant in the province of Antique. The facility, operated by the Pandan Water District, was put into operation to purify water from the town’s main water source, the Malumpati Spring, which had become murky and contaminated due to heavy rains and human wastes. (Photo courtesy of LWUA)