|
CPS-NGAS
Modified Chart of Accounts for use of Water Districts
This
has reference to COA Circular No. 2008-001 dated January
29, 2008 prescribing the new Chart of Accounts for use of
all Government Agencies. LWUA finds selected accounts under
the new NGAS Chart of Accounts complementary with the existing
CPS Accounts. Accordingly, it put together and came up with
the CPS-NGAS Modified Chart of Accounts for use of Water
Districts to facilitate the implementation of a unified
accounting system that conforms to LWUA's regulatory and
reportorial requirements and the New Government Accounting
System prescribed by COA.
Philippine
National Standards for Drinking Water 2007
Philippine
standards for bacteriological, biological and chemical water
quality. (File is in Microsoft Word format)
Disaster
preparedness for water utilities
by Engr. Antonio
B. Magtibay, MNSA
Water
supply systems are vulnerable to sudden unpredictable disasters
from natural and man-made disasters. Several earthquakes
have adversely affected, water sources and have caused damage
to pipelines. Gen. Santos City WD experienced increased
pipe breakages along their transmission lines whenever a
spate of earthquakes will occur in the area. The Mt. Pinatubo
eruptions in 1991 partially or completely disabled the water
systems of some municipalities in Pampanga, Zambales and
Tarlac. Mt. Mayon’s eruptions have constantly affected
the sources and operations of the water districts in the
immediate vicinity. Incidents of cholera and typhoid fever
are becoming more frequent and one of the causes of the
outbreaks has been attributed rightly or otherwise to the
local water districts.
Credit
Rating System to Enhance Credit Flow for Water Supply Projects
in the Philippines
By
former LWUA Administrator Lorenzo H. Jamora
Traditionally, Water Districts in
the Philippines have acquired concession loans from the
Local Water Utilities Administration for their development.
However, with the tight capital expenditure of the National
Government, there is a need to rationalize the allocation
of scarce and concessional funds in the water supply sector
and a need to enhance the flow of credit into the sector
from nontraditional fund sources.
Development
and Regulation of Water Utilities: The Philippine Experience
By former
LWUA Administrator Lorenzo H. Jamora
LWUA Administrator Lorenzo H. Jamora
writes about the Philippine experience in the development
and regulation of water utilities in a paper presented at
the 13th IWA-ASPAC Regional Conference and Exhibition in
Cebu City, Philippines.
LWUA
does its share in nation building
By former
LWUA Administrator Lorenzo H. Jamora
Notwithstanding the
fiscal crisis that hounded the country during the last few
years, at LWUA, we were able to post a positive financial
picture. The government’s provincial water supply development
agenda got much needed boost in 2004 with the Local Water
Utilities Administration (LWUA) registering record highs
of P2.4 billion in water project disbursements and Pl.3
billion in loan collection from beneficiary water districts.
National
Water Crisis Act (Republic Act 8041)
Enacted
in 1995 to address the national water crisis.
LWUA-developed
software for water districts
As water districts grow,
their operational needs become more complicated and the
volume of transactions increases significantly.To
address these operational problems, LWUA has conceptualized
and initiated the development of a computerized Billing
and Collection System (WDBCS) and the Financial Management
Information System (WDFMIS) package. A software package
for this purpose has also been developed.
LWUA
Water Rates Manual
In presenting
the argument that water is free, people forget that it must
be collected, treated, stored, and delivered; and always
available for whatever needs the customer may have. These
steps cost money, and so a responsible price for water must
be set. Establishing realistic and fair rates is a key element
in the operation of any water system.Water
is a value-added commodity. Its value raises issues of scarcity,
competition, and the need for integrated water resource
management. The cost of supplying water is increasing, especially
the expense of complying with safe drinking water regulations.
Cost issues also raise questions related to economies of
scale and the structural character of the water supply industry.
Primer
on LWUA and the Water Districts
Will answer some of the most asked
questions about LWUA and the water districts.
Primer
on Rural Waterworks and Sanitation Association (RWSA)
Contains basic information on
Rural Waterworks and Sanitation Associations.
District
Metering: A Means of Addressing NRW
by Steve Ditcham, Regional Manager
- Asia Sensus Metering Systems
The use of bulk water meters at various points on a water
distribution network can help in identifying problem areas,
i.e. those zones where leakage or other problems are greatest.
This then allows those areas with the greatest apparent loss
to be given highest priority. The use of meters with higher
accuracy, when installed at customer billing points, will
normally result in an increase in apparent flow totals, due
to their ability to measure lower flow rates. The use of Remote
meter reading systems can facilitate data collection from
sites, where access is difficult, such as locked buildings
and where meters are installed in pits, which are subject
to flooding. Automatic meter reading, while primarily installed
for billing purposes, allows an online check of meter condition
and can rapidly identify meter failure, vandalism and attempts
at fraud.
A
Reexamination of the LWUA-Water District Concept
By Carlos
C. Leano, Jr., LWUA's first general manager
LWUA's first general manager Carlos
C. Leaño, Jr., regarded as the father of the water
district concept in the Philippines, evaluates this approach
that changed countryside water supply development, in a
paper entitled "A Reexamination of the LWUA-WD Concept."
Review
of Comparative Approaches to Water Supply Development
By former
LWUA Administrator Antonio R. De Vera
Antonio 'Tony" R. De Vera
has varied and extensive experience in the field of water
supply regulation, administration, institutional development,
financing and engineering for the past 29 years. He was
administrator of the Local Water Utilities Administration
since 1992 to 1998 and its Board of Trustees' vice-chairman
from 1998 to 2001.
Corporate
Governance in Asia-Pacific (Applicability among Philippine
Water Districts)
By Atty.
Antonio P. Acyatan
Water districts must generate
maximum revenues which will be utilized to optimize public
services from water (district) utility operations - even
as efficient service to concessionaires is maintained. GOOD
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE for Water Districts comes about through
an efficiently and effectively working, strategic Board,
and appropriate, productive Management System of Local Utilities.
Absence of such governance can be a "deterrent to economic
growth, hazard to public health, and irritant to the spirit
and well-being of the citizenry."
Keynote
address, LWUA-WD Forum 2004
By former
LWUA Chairman Francisco D. Dumpit
The concessionaires are the reasons
for the existence of WDs. The WDs are the reasons for the
existence of LWUA. For three (3) decades, the LWUA-WD partnership
has withstood the test of time as an irreplaceable concept
in the water supply development. Today, our LWUA-WD concept
is strong. With your dedication, patience and understanding,
it will be stronger. The LWUA-WD concept is the most important
step in addressing the challenge of providing our people
access to safe and sufficient drinking water. But let us
also be responsive to the needs of time.
Keynote
address, Southern Tagalog Association of Water Districts
(STAWD), 22 June 2005
By former
LWUA Chairman Francisco D. Dumpit
Chairman Dumpit talks about Executive
Order No. 279 which institues reforms in the financing policies
for the water supply and sewerage sector and provides for
the rationalization of LWUA's organizational structure and
operations.
|
