The acknowledged cause, dwindling supply for rising demand, is due to the absence of an alternative water source to the Angat Dam in Bulacan. One of the metrics for identifying a nation as a failed state is its inability to provide basic services. If this were the only measure, then we may be seen as a failed state because of this water shortage and the crisis becomes a double tragedy. Indeed, commentators routinely refer to the Philippines as a failed state, if not a weak or a fragile one. If water at Angat dam is at normal levels, then why the deprivation?

Source: Philippine Star March 15, 2019 16:01 UTC