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Hydrologic Cycle and its effects (Water Utility and Water Balance)

Deforestation is one of the major impacts on water cycle. Due to this, there is less water to be evaporated in the atmosphere therefore less rain occurs. The land also becomes drier and less stable making this area prone to both droughts and floods which endangers animals and cause natural catastrophes on human.

Despite the abundant water resources in the Philippines, the allocation of this are unevenly distributed which results in water shortages in highly populated area, especially on dry areas. With the increase of population coupled with worsening pollution of water, lack of infrastructure and facilities result in distribution issues and conflicting rights over limited water supply here in the Philippines.

Lack of an appropriate institutional framework to address issues of development and management of water and related resources is one problem to address to our government.  Government is created for the people to seek and provide the people’s needs.  Government must put the proper agencies to help the people address their needs, especially the need for clean water. Inefficiency in water usage was exacerbated by the absence of regulations to promote water conservation and rational use of water. They must also promote strict rules and provides seminars to promote water conservation among its institutions. 

The high level of water loss due to leaking pipes and illegal connections, one example of this is what happened in our barangay recently, one of the major water providing ruled over our water system, due to their lapses in installing pipes, every night there is a water leakage in canals for couple of hours.

Being unaware of the things happening around us is the main cause of the destruction of resources. If this continues, our race will face the extinction sooner or later. We must change this paradigm, it is not too late to give back to our mother Earth what we extract from her. Let us be the instruments of change, and we must start within on ourselves.