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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 683 -
ESTABLISHING BASIC POLICIES FOR THE WATER SUPPLY SECTOR |
WHEREAS, drinking water is a basic
requirement to sustain life; WHEREAS, only about 40 percent of the population of the Philippines is presently served with public water supply systems; WHEREAS, it is a primary concern of the Government in promoting the welfare of the people to hasten the availability of water supply services in the whole country, with special attention to the rural areas; WHEREAS, the approved Philippine Development Plan for 1978-1987, therefore, aims to increase the public water supply coverage to about 85 percent of the total Philippine population within ten years; WHEREAS, there is a need to restructure the water supply sector so that gaps and overlaps in responsibility will be eliminated; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish certain basic policies to attain these objectives in the most efficient manner; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the constitution, do hereby order the implementation of the following basic policies for the water supply sector: (1)
The attainment of complete coverage of water supply services for the
whole country is a declared policy of the State shall be effected
primarily through: (a)
The rationalization of the organizational structure of the water supply
sector; (3) The levels of water supply service to be developed shall vary according to technical, economic, organizational and financial considerations. These levels of service are as follows: Level
I — Point sources (such as rain collectors, wells, and springs);
generally for rural areas where houses are scattered too thinly to
justify a distribution system. (a)
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System shall concentrate its
operations in Metropolitan Manila and other contiguous areas that may
later be included in its service coverage. (5) The National Water Resources Council shall be responsible for coordinating the implementation of the above policies. It shall submit to the President of the Philippines, periodic reports on the status of the entire water supply sector and the performance of each of the above agencies in relation to the overall policy framework for water supply. Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight. chanrobles virtual law library Back to Main Since 19.07.98.
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