Philippines Environment Monitor: Water Quality

Poor water quality has large economic and quality of life costs, in terms of health impacts and foregone revenues. According to the Philippine government’s monitoring data, just over 36 percent of the country’s river systems are classified as sources of public water supply and that up to 58 percent of groundwater sampled is contaminated with coliform and needs treatment. Approximately 31 percent of illnesses monitored for a five-year period were also caused by water-borne sources, and many areas are experiencing a shortage of water supply, during the dry season.

Link to the report:
http://go.worldbank.org/H32MXEOV40

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6 Responses to “Philippines Environment Monitor: Water Quality”

2351156 on August 31st, 2009 at 7:47 am

How shameful as I’m …
How shameful as I’m Filipino myself. Were just… pretty lazy.
moonieboomer on August 31st, 2009 at 7:47 am

1. Cover your mouth …
1. Cover your mouth with you hand
2. Make a wish
3.Close your hand (fist)
4. Hold you hand at heart for 5 seconds
5. Send this to 3 more videos
6. Tomorrow will be the best day ever
keithmias on August 31st, 2009 at 7:47 am

Lol, maraming …
Lol, maraming educado sa atin, problema lang tradition natin ang mag self-pity. Kinakalabasan madami sa atin Mga Tamad. Basurang-basura lang di maitapon ng maayos. i-i-hi sa poste pa sa publico o sa gilid ng pader. Di pa naghuhugas ng kamay. Gubyerno natin inutil. Hindi priority ang sanitation. Dumaan ka sa Kalentong, ang ilog di-na gumagalaw dahil lahat basura ang nakatambak. Malapit nang mag-outbreak and sakit dyan, matter of months na lang. sobrang bantot kahit saan ka pumunta. MGA TAMAD!!!
toxifiedblood on August 31st, 2009 at 7:47 am

Cause of continuous …
Cause of continuous deterioration of the Philippines water resources can be sum up into two:
1. Socio-economic issues (cultural)
2. Poor governance
sefness on August 31st, 2009 at 7:47 am

I don’t know to …
I don’t know to whom I’m making comment to but here goes. The water polution problem has a very simple solution. The government must make law and designated officials should enforce the law. Sounds easy to say but I believe it is easy to do as well.Because without law you have nothing at all.
eeluminateus on August 31st, 2009 at 7:47 am

Seems to me that …
Seems to me that conservation and development work against each other; am I wrong? What different development planning strategies could have been implemented to safegaurd against this?

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