THE Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has proposed implementing enhanced risk management strategies to address the issue rather than declaring a state of calamity declaration on Friday, April 5, 2024.
Iloilo City is currently experiencing water scarcity as a result of the El Niño phenomenon.
While the number of affected residents meets the threshold for declaring a state of calamity, Engineer Neil Ravena, head of the CDRRMC’s Logistics Cluster, believes the situation is manageable.
“Though the affected population in the city reached the required number for the declaration, the situation on the ground is still manageable,” Ravena said.
A Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) conducted on the 25 most affected barangays revealed residents have various coping mechanisms.
The survey found residents purchase drinking water, store water from Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW), utilize shallow wells, share resources with neighbors, and collect water delivered by Mpiw. Some even procure water from nearby barangays.
The CDRRMC has proposed several measures to address the water scarcity issue in the community.
They recommend prioritizing water distribution to highly…
