Quezon City----With the availability of clean water sources becoming a global issue, the country's water districts will soon be introduced to the world-renowned Israeli water supply technology that has allowed the State of Israel to attain water sufficiency and security in spite of its natural resources limitations.

This was announced recently by Eng. Proceso Domingo, presidential adviser on infrastructure development and concurrent chairman of the Board of Trustee of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) who said that the Israeli government through the Center for International Cooperation of its Ministry of Foreign Affairs has approved LWUA's request for a technical assistance program to sustain provincial water supply.

He said Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines, Zvi A. Vapni himself confirmed this when he went with deputy chief of mission Yaniv Revach on a familiarization guided tour of water district operations and facilities in Dasmarinas, Cavite accompanied by Domingo and some LWUA technical staff.

Ambassador Vapni who was thoroughly briefed by Dasmarinas Water District (DWD) officials led by General Manager Alfredo Silva, expressed his admiration of the Philippine water district system and his government's willingness to help particularly in the aspect of optimizing utilization of water resources and managing water supply and water quality.

He said that Israel was forced to pioneer the technology for optimum water resource utilization and management out of the country's natural resources limitations. However, now that the availability of freshwater supply is becoming a world-wide concern, the Israeli government is willing to share this technology to ensure water supply sustainability in the long term.

Domingo said the Israeli government-LWUA Technical Assistance Program will initially consists of training seminars here wherein invited Israeli water experts will discuss and impart knowledge as well as skills in maximizing water resource and supply utilization, water conservation and water supply as well as water quality management.

Engr. Ceferino Aguinaldo of LWUA engineering who prepared the technical assistance program proposal said the program will benefit about 500 water districts nationwide in addition to some LWUA technical personnel who in the future may also be sent to Israel for further training and studies. c
February 01 , 2008