Practical and Applicable Ways to Ensure Water Security

PAWD Convergence
Bacolod City
July 24, 2019
DISCUSSION OUTLINE
• What is water security?
• What are the ways to ensure water security?
• Water security is also ensuring safe water

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WATER SECURITY
The capacity of a population to safeguard
access to adequate quantities of acceptable
quality water for sustaining livelihoods,
human well being, and socio-economic
development, for ensuring protection against
water-borne pollution and water-related
disasters, and for preserving ecosystem in a
climate of peace and political stability.
-Working definition, UN-Water, 2013

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 “ We should have the
ability to recognize a
PROBLEM before it
becomes an EMERGENCY”

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ENSURING WATER SECURITY
The Baliwag Water District Experience

• Groundwater Protection
• Wastewater Management
• Non-revenue Water Management
• Asset Management
• Strong Partnership with
Stakeholders

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 Groundwater Protection
Decrease in operating hours of Pumping Stations
Reduction of the extraction of Well Capacity

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Wastewater Management
Implementation of
Septage Management Program

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Non-revenue Water Management

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Asset (Water Facilities)Management
Religiously conduct of periodic (and corrective)
maintenance of all water pumping facilities
Proper design of pump and well

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Partnership with Stakeholders
Building strong partnership with the
stakeholders in conserving water

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 Water Security is ALSO
ensuring sustainable SAFE
water

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ENSURING SAFE WATER
The Baliwag Water District Experience

• UV Hydro Optic Technology

• Chlorination through Chlorine
Dioxide
• Air Scouring Method

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UV Disinfection Technology
The first line of disinfection at source
(Pathogenic Micro-organism).

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 Chlorination through the use of
Chlorine Dioxide
Injection of chlorine dioxide before the
distribution line.

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 Air Scouring Method
Cleaning of distribution pipes through the use of
air pressure and water.

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 Water security is having
sufficient and safe water for all
at all times

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