28/04/2026
𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪 ☝️🤓
The Bayawan Water District was able to reduce water tariff in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental from 148.00 to 100.00 per 10 cubic meter consumption or by 32%!
The water district was established at the site of a former National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA) facility by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 198, also known as the "Provincial Water Utilities Act of 1973."
Known today as the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), NAWASA was the government agency responsible for managing water supply in the Philippines. The NAWASA facility in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental established in the 1940s had faced problems, such as leaks in its transmission and distribution pipelines and the reduction of available water supply. During heavy rainfall, the water supply also became turbid due to surface run-offs.
The local government of Bayawan under Mayor Felix Gaudiel, Jr. responded by passing Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 79, creating a water district to address the dwindling water resources of the government.
Learn more about the application of Nature-Based Solutions in the Bayawan Water District in 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚 Episode 21 with 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗼 “𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗻” 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗱 𝗜𝗜𝗜 of Aqua Klima Inc.
📅 30 April 2026 (Thursday)
⏰ 3:00 PM (UTC+8)
💻 Zoom
🔗Register now: https://up-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/DfSeqSANQu6XzKLXj1eNyg
This event is brought to you by the UP Resilience Institute – NOAH Center.
In partnership with:
Aqua Klima Inc.
Angat Kalikasan Pilipinas
Association of Filipino Forestry Students - UPLB
Association of Geologists and Geological Engineers of Mapua
Ateneo Institute of Sustainability - AIS
Biology Society LPU - Laguna
Communities for Resilience, Inc.
Earth Island Institute Philippines
EcoLaya - Environmental Advocates
Environmental Science for Social Change
Future Earth Philippines
Geographic Society of the University of the Philippines ❨UP GeogSoc❩
Geological Organization of Partido State University
Mapúa Malayan Colleges Laguna
SLSU Center for Hazard and Environmental Resource Mapping - CHERM
United Architects of the Philippines
UP Human Ecology Student Society
UP Resilience Institute YouthMappers
UP Society of Human Settlements Planners - UP HSP Soc
UPLB-Interdisciplinary Studies Center for INREM
UNESCO International Geoscience Programme
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References
Bayawan Water District. (n.d.). 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘜𝘴. BayawanWaterDistrict. https://www.bayawanwd.gov.ph/about
Commission on Audit. (2023). 𝘉𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵, 𝘕𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘴 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 2021-2022.
