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PIDS backs water sector overhaul
Manila Bulletin
|March 12, 2026
State-run Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has backed proposals in Congress to establish a national framework for water resource management, including the creation of a Department of Water Resources (DWR), saying institutional reforms could help address long-standing governance weaknesses in the sector.
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In a position paper dated.
March 9 and prepared by PIDS senior research fellow Adoracion M. Navarro, the policy think tank examined several Senate measures-Senate Bill (SB) Nos. 83, 145, 225, 240, 310, 426, 1080, and 1475-along with House Bill (HB) No. 6789, which seek to restructure how water resources are governed and regulated in the Philippines.
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