PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. yesterday signed an executive order creating the Water Resources Management Office (WRMO) in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to integrate and harmonize government efforts to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water resources in the country.
Under Executive Order No. 22, the WRMO is mandated to “ensure the immediate implementation of the Integrated Water Resources Management in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and formulate a corresponding Water Resources Master Plan (IWMP).”
“To avert water crisis, minimize and avoid conflicts, and consistent with the State’s sole ownership and control over the country’s water resources, it is imperative for the Government to integrate and harmonize the policies, programs, and projects of all relevant agencies in the water resource sector in the fulfillment of their complementary governmental mandates,” the EO said.
