Metro Manila trickles into water crisis as rains fall short 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy ReutersOn Block 37, in one of the residential areas of Metropolitan Manila, the city water supply starts flowing around 7 a.m.Two or three hours later, it stops. ‘A way of life’The water crisis in Metro Manila – a sprawl of 16 adjoined cities populated by about 12.8 million people – is hardly an anomaly. “Water shortage should be treated as a permanent ongoing issue,” said Thuy Trang Dang, an urban development and water specialist at the ADB’s Southeast Asia office. “Manila Water has strongly advocated for many years for the development of new water sources … both to ensure sufficiency of water supply as well as resiliency in case of any calamity,” the spokesman said.

Source: Manila Bulletin May 18, 2019 10:30 UTC