The effects of El Niño phenomenon, or the long dry spell in our country continue to wreak havoc in our normal daily living. Our neighboring countries Thailand and Bangladesh are likewise not spared from this climate change phenomenon. In the particular situation of the Philippines, the prolonged dry period is precariously affecting both our food and energy security.
Actually, the short-term solutions to our extreme problems on severe drought and flooding are no brainer. What needs a lot of thinking is how to integrate the medium and long-term plans for water resource management that could work very well for an archipelagic country, like ours, surrounded by large bodies of water.
In a speech last year before a water convention body, PBBM specifically cited the need to build dikes and dams as part of flood control measures. “These are the kinds of stratagems that we have to employ, that we have to bring down to the grassroots level because the water crisis in the Philippines – and I call it a water crisis because it is,” PBBM admitted.
For starters, Singson cited that the funds of the Department of Public Works and Highways and the National Irrigation Administration must be integrated to lead to a better water control program. Singson once served as DPWH Secretary during the administration of the late president Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino lll. Singson is currently one of the members of PBBM’s Private Sector Advisory Council representing the water sector utility companies.
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