Marcos OKs creation of water management body

This photo taken on March 14, 2019 shows residents of Barangka in Manila, gathering water. Manila has been hit by its worst water shortage in years, leaving bucket-bearing families to wait hours for a fill up from tanker trucks and some hospitals to turn away less urgent cases

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MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday approved the creation of an agency that will manage the country’s water resources and deal with environmental issues associated with water. 

The Water Resource Management Office will be under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and will be a transitory body pending the creation of the Department of Water Resources — one of Marcos’ priority legislative agenda. 

According to the Presidential Communications Office, the main functions of the WRMO include formulating and ensuring the implementation of the Integrated Water Management Plan (IWMP), which will merge various plans of different government agencies. 

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