Water

People-Centered Approaches in Sustaining

Water, Food and Environmental Sanitation

in the Philippines: A Review

C. M. Pascual, C. P. Abadilla, and F. A. P. Acedebo

Pascual,

Abadilla,

Mariano Marcos State University

2nd International WEPA Forum on Dec. 3-4, 2007, Beppu City, Oita, Japan

Outline

Objective, Introduction/Rationale

Environmental issues/concerns on water, food and

sanitation

Water Governance in the Philippines

People-Centered Systems Approaches

People-

Case Studies

Water Supply and Sanitation

Water Refilling Stations

Food and Water Supply with cGMP and HACCP

Concluding Remarks

2nd International WEPA Forum on Dec. 3-4, 2007, Beppu City, Oita, Japan

Objective

To conduct a critical state-of-the-art review

of complex issues, challenges on water,

foods and sanitation in the Philippines.

Case studies reviews on:

• Water Supply and Sanitation;

• Water Refilling Stations; and

• Food Product Dev’t and Water Supply with

cGMP and HACCP (On-going)

2nd International WEPA Forum on Dec. 3-4, 2007, Beppu City, Oita, Japan

Introduction/Rationale

3 serious issues/concerns

(1) widespread water scarcity and

multiplicity in water governance;

(2) the existing water systems are not

much geared for the urban as well as rural

poor; and

(3) the food safety, sanitation and

sewerage requirements have been

neglected (FDC, 2004)

2nd International WEPA Forum on Dec. 3-4, 2007, Beppu City, Oita, Japan

Precipitation – the basic water resource

WATER

People-Centered Systems

Approach – a systematic

management and integrative

Hidden

ground

water

tool to support decision

making on sustainable

water environment

E

N

V

I

R

O

N

Hidden

ground water

Adapted from: GWP (M. Falkenmark), 2003, Water Management and Ecosystems: Living with Change

M

E

With drainage/river basin perspective - the precipitation over the area represents

the proper water resource, part of which is consumed in plant production and

N

evaporation from moist surfaces (green water flow)

Surplus goes to recharge...