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Current Water Situation in the Philippines

What Happened?

Short term plans

What could have went wrong

As many of you know, a huge tropical storm hit the Philippines. About 13 million people were affected, 5109 people were killed and 600,000 were left homeless. Most of the people in Tacloban which was the worst hit city began to worry because they had no food, water or electricity. Today, I will be talking about the current water situation in the Philippines.

How it affected the Philippines

Conclusion

There are many factors that could have contributed to the contaminated drinking water. One thing to say first is that the Philippines is very exposed to water related disasters. First, the Philippines do not have a proper sewage system like we do in Canada. So when the flood hit, all of the sewage got mixed in and the water became contaminated.

Then it goes to where the source for drinking water is and contaminates that too. People do not know that this water is contaminated and they begin to use it for cooking, bathing and drinking. When they get sick they are around other people so the disease spreads.

Long term plans

In conclusion, based on all of the facts, the Philippines really need to do whatever they can to improve the water security and sanitation. As i said before, the Philippine government needs to invest more time and money to improve water supply and sanitation throughout the country. Even though the Philippines need to invest their money to improve their situation, all other countries can do a little bit to help the Philippines. We can create more charities and foundations that can help raise money to help find a solution to this problem. I'm sure that if we all work together, we can help restore and even improve the water sanitation and security in the Philippines.

Other countries, organizations and agencies are already sending drinking water over to the Philippines. The USAID was one of the first agencies to bring materials such as food, drinking water, hygiene kits and sanitation equipment to the survivors in the Philippines. Trucks loaded with equipment along with drinking water and sanitation equipment were being transported. An organization called WASH was able to provide 1.7 billion people in Asia Pacific with portable drinking water.

When the typhoon hit, the water became contaminated with sewage and pollution. There were many food and water shortages in the country. Between 1990 to 2010 the Asia Pacific country was able to provide drinking water for 1.7 billion people. 65% of the people in Asia Pacific however didn't have drinking water.

Another way people get sick is when the sewage backs up and gets into the bodies of water. Most of this water is the drinking water supply. People don't know that this water is contaminated. They still use this water not knowing it's contaminated and they get sick. This is another way that the diseases spread.

The Philippines had one of the lowest scores on what is called the National Water Security Index. This is a test to see how safe and secure the water is for drinking. The Philippine government needs to invest about $59 billion to improve water supply and about $71 billion for better sanitation.

Even though these countries, organizations and agencies are providing the Philippines with drinking water, those are only short term plans to this issue. They can't do this forever. The one thing that the Philippine government has to do is invest more time and money into constructing a proper water supply and sewage system. If this is accomplished the Philippines won't have to worry about water contamination and they won't have to face another water shortage.

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