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Country’s Overall Water Use Efficiency increased by 5.5 percent in 2022
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The country’s overall water use efficiency (WUE) in 2022 was PhP 211.04 per cubic meter of water used, which increased by 5.5 percent from PhP 200.09 per cubic meter in 2021. WUE represents the value added per volume of water used (in cubic meter).…
Country’s Water Use Efficiency Increased from 2020 to 2021
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The country’s water use efficiency (WUE), or the value added per volume of water used, increased from PhP 192.25 per cubic meter of water used in 2020 to PhP 200.06 per cubic meter in 2021. The services sector consistently had the largest WUE,…
Country’s Overall Water Use Efficiency Decreased while Water Stress remains at Low Level
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The country’s total water abstraction, or the amount of water that was removed from its source either permanently or temporarily, increased by 0.8 percent, from 216.85 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2019 to 218.46 bcm in 2020. From 2010 to 2020, on…
Country’s total water abstraction increased by 12.3 percent from 2010 to 2019
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The country’s total water abstraction, or the amount of water that is removed from its source either permanently or temporarily, has increased by 12.3 percent, from 194.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2010 to 218.0 bcm in 2019 (Figure 1). For the…
Stocks of Surface Water and Soil Water decreased by 20.4 percent in 2015
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The stock of surface and soil water in the country showed a decline of about 20.4 percent for the year 2015. At the beginning of the 2015, the stock of water amounted to a total of 94.6 billion cubic meters (BCM), decreasing to 75.3 BCM at the end…