Senate public companies chairperson Grace Poe on Monday expressed dismay over a “drought of common goals” amongst water businesses in stopping a water disaster amid the dry season.
“The water crisis hounding Filipinos is avoidable if the correct policies are in place and are being implemented… While there are many water-related agencies, there is a drought of common goals that would set clear directions and actions toward water security for all Filipinos,” Poe stated.
The lawmaker identified that the El Niño—a section characterised by the warming of sea floor temperature within the central and jap equatorial Pacific Ocean and beneath regular rainfall—is a “predictable” phenomenon which the water authorities and concessionaires ought to have ready for.
“Instead, we are confronted with the same old scenarios during this season of the year—dry taps, parched soil, below normal dam levels, long queues of pails,” she stated.
“By this time, we expect the Water Resources Management Office to get its feet wet amid the water shortage being felt by households, businesses and the agriculture sector,” she went on.
The lawmaker echoed the necessity for the creation of a Department of Water Resources, saying this can function a everlasting physique that can lead a complete improvement and administration of water sources to as soon as and for all finish the nation’s perennial water woes.
At least six payments in search of to create a Department of Water Resources have been filed within the Senate. — BM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
