Marcos raises need for Department of Water Resources before Isabela execs

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday discussed the need for a Department of Water Resources to address water management issues.

The DMW supposedly will set policy and implement structural reforms on water management and address supply issues.

In a meeting with officials from Isabela, Marcos also discussed several programs to address agricultural challenges in the region, including building new dams and rehabilitating the existing ones.

They also talked about the enhancement of post-production and irrigation facilities as well renewable energy.

Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. raises the need to establish a Department of Water Resources before officials of Isabela LGU during a meeting today, Oct. 17 ????: OPS @gmanewsbreaking @gmanews pic.twitter.com/2RYvXfSvqG

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The creation of the proposed department is among the priority pieces of legislation of the Marcos administration.

Senator Grace Poe in July refiled a bill seeking the creation of the Department of Water Resources.

Under Poe's proposed measure, the DWR will be the primary policy, planning, coordinating, implementing, monitoring, and administrative entity of the executive branch of the government responsible for the comprehensive and integrated development and management of the water resources of the Philippines.

It will also manage the optimal allocation of water resources among competing uses to achieve universal access to safe, adequate and affordable water supply, sanitation, and septage services. —NB, GMA News