EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 286
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 286 -
REORGANIZING THE METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM (MWSS) AND
THE LOCAL WATER AND UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION (LWUA) PURSUANT TO
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8041, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL WATER CRISIS ACT
OF 1995
WHEREAS, as enunciated in Republic
Act No. 8041, it is the “declared policy of the State to adopt urgent
and effective measures to address the nationwide water crisis which
adversely affects the health and well-being of the population, food
production and industrialization process;”
WHEREAS, consistent with this policy, Sec. 7 of Republic Act No.
8041 authorized the President to revamp and reorganize the MWSS and the
LWUA;
WHEREAS, the Joint Executive-Legislative Water Crisis Commission
established under the same law has, after consulting representatives of
the MWSS and the LWUA, proposed a reorganizational plan for the said
agencies; and
WHEREAS, the proposed reorganization is consistent with the
Administration’s framework for governance, having been designed to
streamline and correct dysfunctions in the structure and operations of
the MWSS and the LWUA to enable these agencies to become more
effective, efficient and responsive to the country’s needs for portable
water, as well as prepare the groundwork for their eventual
privatization, where feasible.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, consistent with the
reorganization plan proposed by the Joint Executive-Legislative Water
Crisis Commission, do hereby order:
Section 1. Framework and Objectives. — The
reorganization of the MWSS and LWUA shall be undertaken in the context
of the Administration’s framework of governance. Accordingly, the role
of the national government shall be to steer rather than row. It shall,
to the extent possible, encourage the private sector to participate in
the delivery of public goods through franchising, concession,
management, privatization or other arrangements of the concerned
agencies operations or facilities.
Prudence and restraint in the use of government resources shall be
exercised. Efforts at streamlining and correcting dysfunctions in the
operations and structures of the agencies concerned shall be undertaken
to achieve more with less. The delivery of more effective, efficient
and responsible public service shall be paramount.
Sec. 2. Reorganization Plan for the MWSS. — The
MWSS shall be reorganized, as follows:
2.1.
Officers. The MWSS shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be its
chief executive officer. He shall be assisted by two (2) Senior Deputy
Administrators, one for Operations and Customers Service and another
for Resource Development and Management. There shall, moreover, be four
(4) Deputy Administrators, one (1) for Engineering and construction,
one (1) for Finance and Administration, and two (2) for Customers
Service. The Senior Deputy Administrators and Deputy Administrators
shall be appointed by the Board, upon the recommendation of the
Administrator.
2.2.
Organization and Management. The Administrator, with the assistance of
his Senior Deputy Administrators, shall provide over-all direction and
control over the operations and administration of MWSS.
(a)
The Office of the Administrator shall have the following services
and/or departments directly under its supervision:
i.
Corporate Planning Service
ii. Internal
Audit Service
iii.
Management Information Service
iv. System
Development Department
v. Computer
Service Department
vi. Legal
Department
vii. Public
Affairs Department
(b) The Office
of the Senior Deputy Administrator for Operations and Customers Service
shall be in charge of the operations and maintenance of the MWSS plants
and other facilities, and the actual delivery of service to water
users. It shall have direct supervision of the following departments:
i.
Water Production
ii. Water
Transmission and Meter Management
iii. Sewerage
(c) To ensure
more effective and responsive delivery of water services and increase
revenues, Customers Service shall be divided into two Districts, each
District to be headed by a Deputy Administrator. Each District shall
have four service areas with each Area (or department) performing the
following functions, as well as such other functions that may be
assigned to it consistent with the purpose of decentralizing to ensure
better public service:
i.
Revenue Generation, including meter installation and reading, billing
and collection
ii. Facilities
Operation Maintenance and Improvement
iii. Meter
Management
iv. Public
Information
(d) The Office
of the Senior Administrator for Resource Development and Management
shall have direct supervision over the Deputy Administrators for
Engineering and Construction, and for Administration and Finance.
(e) The Office
of the Deputy Administrator for Engineering and Construction shall
undertake planning and programming, monitoring, and evaluation of
projects for the development and expansion of waterworks and sewerage
facilities. Specifically, it shall have direct supervision over the
following departments:
i.
Project Planning
ii. Project
Design
iii. Applied
Research and Quality Control
The same Deputy Administrator
shall have direct supervision over the Project Management Office, which
comprises a pool of project managers, presently consisting of five (5).
(f) The Office
of the Deputy Administrator for Finance and Administration shall be
responsible for resource management and provision of administrative
support services. It shall consist of the following departments:
i.
Accounting
ii. Managerial
Finance and Budget
iii. Human
Resource Development and Manpower Planning
iv. General
Services
v. Personnel
Management and Health Services
vi. Treasury
(g) The Table
of Organization down to department level is provided for in Annex A.
2.3. Authority
to Revise the Number of Departments. The MWSS is, subject to the
approval of the President, authorized to revise the number of
departments herein specified if and when the same becomes necessary by
reason of a franchising, concession, privatization or other
arrangements that will reduce the scope of its current operations and
activities.
Sec. 3. Reorganization Plan for the LWUA. — The
LWUA is hereby reorganized, as follows:
3.1.
Officers. — The LWUA shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be
its chief executive officer. He shall be assisted by a Senior Deputy
Administrator. There shall, moreover, be three (3) Deputy
Administrators, one (1) each for Finance, Administration and Area
Operations. The Senior Deputy Administrators and Deputy Administrators
shall be appointed by the Board, upon the recommendation of the
Administrator.
3.2.
Organization and Management. — The Administrator, with the assistance
of his Senior Deputy Administrator, shall provide over-all direction
and control over the operations and administration of the LWUA.
(a)
The Office of the Administrator shall have direct supervision over the
following departments:
i.
Internal Control
ii. Management
Services
ii. Public
Affairs
(b) The Office
of the Senior Deputy Administrator shall have direct supervision over
the following departments:
i.
Special Projects
ii. Legal
iii. Water
Resource Research and Training
The Senior Deputy Administrator
shall also exercise supervision over the three (3) Deputy
Administrators.
(c) The Office
of the Deputy Administrator for Finance shall be responsible for
financial resources management and loans administration. Specifically,
it shall have direct supervision over the following departments:
i.
Treasury
ii. Accounting
iii. Loans
Administration
iv. Water
District Audit
(d) The Office
of the Deputy Administrator for Administration shall be primarily
responsible for the provision of administrative services. It shall have
direct supervision over the following departments:
i.
Human Resource Management
ii. Property
Management
iii. General
Services
(e) The Office
of the Deputy Administrator for Area Operations shall have direct
supervision over nine (9) area managers who will be responsible for the
following functions at the field level:
i.
Project Planning
ii. Project
Monitoring and Evaluation
iii. Water
District Development
iv. Loans
Evaluation
(f) The Table
of Organization down to department level is provided for in Annex “B”.
3.3. Authority
to Revise the Number of Departments. — The LWUA is, subject to the
approval of the President, authorized to revise the number of
departments herein specified if and when the same becomes necessary by
reason of a franchising, concession, privatization or other
arrangements that will reduce the scope of its current operations and
activities.
Sec. 4. Detailed Staffing. — The MWSS and LWUA are
hereby directed to prepare their proposed detailed staffing or manning
patterns accounting for all positions in the organization and the
corresponding budgetary and resource rearrangements as may be
necessary. They are, moreover, required to conduct a thorough personnel
audit to determine their respective manpower requirements. An inventory
of contracts of all contractual employees including casual and
temporary employees shall also be made to determine the need for the
continuation of their services.
The proposed staffing pattern shall be submitted to the Department of
Budget and Management (DBM) for review not later than sixty (60) days
from the date hereof. The DBM shall submit its recommendation to the
President within thirty (30) days from receipt of the proposal but in
no case later than ninety (90) days from the date hereof.
The revised staffing or manning pattern shall in no case exceed the
number of existing authorized regular positions.
Sec. 5. Revised Compensation. — The MWSS and the
LWUA are hereby authorized to adopt a revised and upgraded position
classification and compensation package for its officers and employees,
subject to the following conditions:
a.
no diminution of the present salaries and benefits of MWSS and LWUA
personnel;
b. the revised
rates of compensation shall be commensurate to the improved and
efficient revenue collection of the agency concerned as determined by
their respective Boards and Trustees;
c. the
adjusted rates shall not exceed industry and private sector rates of
compensation;
d. approval by
the Board of Trustee of their respective budgets which must be
sufficient to cover the proposed adjustments on compensation;
e. the
non-revenue water of the agency concerned shall in no case be more than
forty percent (40%); and
f. final
approval of the President.
Sec. 6. Separation Pay. — Any official or employee
of the MWSS and LWUA who may be phased out by reason of the
reorganization shall be entitled to such benefits as may be determined
by existing laws. For this purpose, the MWSS, LWUA and DBM are hereby
directed to study and propose schemes or measures to provide personnel
who shall voluntarily retire from the service incentives and other
benefits, including the possibility of accelerating the application of
the revised compensation package under the Salary Standardization Law,
Republic Act No. 6758. The recommendation should be submitted to the
President not later than thirty (30) days from the date hereof.
Sec. 7. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect the day after its complete publication in a newspaper of
general circulation.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 6th day of December in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Five.
ANNEX A
METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS & SEWERAGE SYSTEM
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
ANNEX B
LOCAL WATER UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
chanrobles virtual law library
Back to Main
chan
robles virtual law library
Since 19.07.98.