PHL water potability affected by climate change – LWUA chief

The potable water condition of the Philippines is no doubt affected by climate change, said Rene Villa, chairman of the Local Water Utilities Administration.

In an interview here, Villa said the LWUA has already submitted its report to the Climate Change Commission.

"Right now, we are not focusing our efforts on water sustainability. We are instead putting emphasis on the sanitation quality of our water system all over the country," Villa said.

He urged residents in the countryside to source water from the river instead of relying on water pumps.

Among the cities in the country whose potability of water have been affected by climate change are Cebu and Iloilo.

"We consider water as the next important jewel of the world. We in the LWUA are exerting our efforts to provide every Filipino people the important water resource," Villa said.

Report said that only 63 percent of the Filipinos have access to potable drinking water supply while the rest is being considered “self-sufficient.”