The total freshwater withdrawals in the Philippines increased to 91.0 billion cubic meters in 2022 from 89.0 bcm in 2021, according to the Water Accounts of the Philippines released by the Philippine Statistics Authority Friday.It said the level of water stress, or freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources, also rose to 27.8 percent in 2022 from 27.2 percent in 2021.
It said the overall water use efficiency in 2022 was P211.04 per cubic meter of water used, which increased by 5.5 percent from P200.09 per cubic meter in 2021. WUE represents the value added per volume of water used . The services sector accounted for the highest WUE at P1,300.73 per cubic meter, followed by the industry and agriculture sectors with WUE of P426.85 per cubic meter and P15.49 per cubic meter, respectively.
Households’ expenses on water averaged P59.37 billion in 2022. This was followed by the mining and quarrying, manufacturing and construction, amounting to PP 47.12 billion.The unemployment rate in the Philippines fell to a three-month low of 4.4 percent in August 2023 from 4.8 percent...Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla said Thursday he expects the Philippines’ energy transition to clean energy to entail costs and a...
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: MlaStandard - 🏆 20. / 55 Read more »
Source: MlaStandard - 🏆 20. / 55 Read more »
Source: MlaStandard - 🏆 20. / 55 Read more »
Source: MlaStandard - 🏆 20. / 55 Read more »
Source: MlaStandard - 🏆 20. / 55 Read more »
Source: MlaStandard - 🏆 20. / 55 Read more »