The international environment protection group Greenpeace said on Monday quality of fresh water is declining in the Philippines where the costs for obtaining clean water is rising.
Launching "Project: Clean Water", an initiative to awake public awareness of threat to clean water resources, the Greenpeace released a report entitled"The state of water in the Philippines," which was focused on pollution of drinking water and freshwater sources, and water scarcity in the Philippines.
The report said although many laws have been enacted to protect water, these are among "the most blatantly abused environmental laws" because of poor enforcement.
"Although government agencies monitor water quality, the parameters are severely limited and do not include many toxic substances from new technologies," said the report.
It said worsening water quality is compounded by the problem of water scarcity which is now a very "palpable threat making access to clean water more and more difficult."
"What our research presents is just a bird's eye view of bigger problems to come if we don't take serious steps to protect our fresh water sources," said project lead Greenpeace Southeast Asia Toxics campaigner Beau Baconguis.
The Philippines has an abundance of fresh water resources but ranks second lowest among Southeast Asian countries with fresh water availability, said Greenpeace.
Experts have also predicted that by year 2025, water availability deficit would take place in several river basins in the country.
Source: Xinhua
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