Annual Report 2009 - LWUA

Loans and Water Rates EvaluationDepartmentLWRED Luzon and LWRED Visayas/Mindanao have conducted a total of 68 water ratesreviews, and 115 economic and financial evaluations.Presentations and public hearings on proposedprojects and/or water rates review were conductedon 23 WDs. There were also 40 evaluations forfinancial relief assistance conducted.The said activities totalling 246 haveexceeded the programmed activities of LWRED forCY 2009 by about 33%. Further, as of December 31,2009, the following activities are on-going: 16 waterrates review, 46 economic and financial evaluation,and 18 financial relief evaluation.Water Resources Research &Training DepartmentIn 2009 the Training Division of WRRTDimplemented 43 training programs which wereattended by 1,551 WD personnel who logged 34,008man-hours of training. These programs were carriedout by WRRTD as well as the Regional TrainingCenters (RTCs) in line with its mission of conductingseminars, workshops and other courses designed todevelop policy-making, managerial and technicalcompetencies skills in the water districts, a majorfunction mandated by the agency’s charter. Thenumber of programs ran in 2009 (43) were higher thanthat of 2008 (35).Of the 43 training programs for the year, 21were run by WRRTD while 22 were conducted by theRTCs maintained by the WDs of Baguio, Cagayan deOro, Cebu, Davao, San Pablo and Zamboanga Cities.WRRTD trained a total of 673 WD personnel and theRTCs 878.In all, 26 management programs and 17technical courses were conducted by WRRTD andthe RTCs. Some of these are special programsrequested or sponsored by different WD/WDassociations. As part of the Task Force on WatershedList of Reactivated Water DistrictsName of CCCWater District Number ProvinceAglipay 354 OuirinoAgno 468 PanqasinanAllacapan 426 CagayanBenito Soliven 283 IsabelaBuguey 747 CagayanCaba 312 La UnionDelfin Albano 412 IsabelaLasam 374 CagavanLuna 460 IsabelaMagsingal 526 lIocos SurSaguday 764 OuirinoSan Guillermo 485 IsabelaSan Juan 453 AbraSan Mariano 338 IsabelaSanta 299 lIocos SurSta. Cruz 417 lIocos SurSta. Maria 311 lIocos SurSta. Maria 411 IsabelaSta. Teresita 741 CagayanBotolan 545 ZambalesGabaldon 493 Nueva EcijaRizal 326 Nueva EciiaBaras 455 CatanduanesMandaon 316 MasbateSan Pascual 342 MasbateBalasan 403 IloiloCuartero 616 CapizDao 346 CapizLemery 431 IloiloBabatngon 438 LevteDolores 312 Eastern SamarDulag 459 LeyteLlorente 220 Eastern SamarMondragon 275 Northern SamarOras 276 Eastern SamarVillareal 190 Western SamarGigaquit 594 Surigao Del NorteMagallanes 435 AQusan Del NorteSan Jose 578 Dinagat IslandsTubay 405 Agusan Del NorteMalalag 490 Davao Del SurLabason 205 Zamboanga Del NorthMapun 525 Tawi-TawiSimunul 415 Tawi-TawiWDD Summary of AccomplishmentsManagement created subsequent to the rising of theTripartite Memorandum of Agreement among LWUA,Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR) and Philippine Association of Water District(PAWD), a LWUA-WD Consultative Workshop onWatershed Management was conducted on November25-26, 2009.Towards the end of the year, WRRTD heldthe annual planning and evaluation conference withrepresentatives of the RTCs. The two sides reviewedthe accomplishments for 2009, set down the workprograms for 2010, and discussed various issuesaffecting the implementation of the WRRTD-RTCtraining programs. A seminar on Making WD’s TrainingPrograms Relevant to Changing Water Supply &Sanitation Demands was attended by both RTC andLWUA Training Division staff before the conference.WDDD WD Formed WD Reactivated Recaregorized Advisory to # WDs # of Municipality Coll. Eff. %Area 1 52 19 4 68 96 83.45Area 2 7 3 3 89 137 92.76Area 3 13 0 3 75 95 88.13Area 4 8 4 0 37 51 93.75Area 5 14 4 2 64 84 86.97Area 6 19 7 1 46 70 90.98Area 7 10 4 3 54 54 92.23Area 8 23 1 4 65 72 91.76Area 9 34 3 0 79 87 90.72TOTAL 180 45 20 577 746 90.0812 Local Water Utilities Administration