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A party-list senator continued to advocate for the establishment of the Department of Water Resources Management as the weather service issued an advisory about a potential El Nino phenomenon in the upcoming six months (DWRM).

Rep. Wilbert Lee of the AGRI Party list stressed the urgent need for House Bill (HB) No. 2880, one of the laws aiming to establish the DWRM to bring together all agencies dealing with water resources, to pass in a news release on Sunday.

With regard to the management of all water resources, including irrigation, sewage, and sanitation, the proposed department will be tasked with implementing the required policy and resource reforms.

Additionally, it will formulate an updated national road map to address the water, sewage, and sanitation needs of the State, monitor the evaluation of compliance with national goals relating to water, irrigation, sewage, and sanitation, and improve water conservation and increase system efficiencies.

According to Lee, this action is consistent with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s declaration of his administration’s “overall goal” to enhance the management of the nation’s water resources.

“Many of our farmers already experience the effects of water shortage even in the absence of El Nino. Ang pagkakaroon ng maayos na irigasyon po tayo may mga magsasaka na matagal nang nagtitiis at pinoproblema. In a statement, Lee said: “This summer, many farmlands are in drought causing a major reduction in productivity. Ngayong tag-init, marami sa mga sakahan ang natutuyot (We have farmers who have long been suffering for lack of sufficient irrigation.

A similar bill for the establishment of the water department has been reintroduced by Senator Grace Poe.

Poe stated in a recent interview that the threat of water scarcity requires a swift and thorough government response, notwithstanding the Water Management Resource Office’s approval as a temporary organization under the Environment department prior to the founding of the DWMR.

Through improving water management, according to Lee, the government will be able to give the populace access to better health care.

Once created, he claimed, the DWRM can put plans in place to stop significant flooding and combat extreme droughts.

El Nino is expected to occur between July and September with a likelihood of 55%, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s alert released on March 24.

While other regions of the country may receive above-normal rainfall circumstances during the Southwest monsoon season, El Nino increases the risk of below-normal rainfall levels, resulting in dry spells and droughts (habagat).

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