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Yes, traditional desalinization plants are very expensive to build and operate but my mate from Oz. made one that is basically portable and easily set up for neighborhood use and was very cost effective compared to the traditional desalinization plants. Problem is the people with the purse strings here were not interested because they couldn't' figure out an easy way to make it profitable for themselves. It seems nobody in charge gives a d*mn about their fellow Filipino's unless there is money to be made! (not that it's anything new but my Aussie mate didn't know that and it cost him dearly)

 

Are you sure there are no local officials getting a cut from the other guy's sales? When they come to you to find out why their cut is getting so small you will find out so be sure to let us know.

 

Sounds like you are finding a balance that will reward you with gallons and gallons of goodwill!

Good job - and good thinking. Creating a win-win works every time.

V/R,
nwlivewire

 

Unfortunately I believe it is he who has the best lawyer money can buy will win...

 

Perhaps it's not a matter of stupidity or blame that is at issue here, but a matter of balance. I think what may be at question in this resource issue MAY turn on what is considered by most people to be a resource that belongs in the realm or category of belonging to "the commons". See below for a further explaination of this concept of "the commons":

What, Really, is the Commons? by Jay Walljasper : Articles : Terrain.org

V/R,
nwlivewire

 

Can you imagine what you could do if you could control the water supply... Gold, you do not have enough GOLD to by the last liter of water available on earth.... Food, without water most food supplies would dry up (Did you know that 5,000 litres of water is required to produce one kg of rice?) So forget cornering Gold, re-estate or some other commodity.. Water is the "THING". Just a little perspective, and some people are working on this issue all the time... the greed of controlling water, that is like setting up a conceptual carbon credit program and trading in carbon credits. (Is Al Gorey a member of this forum?)

 

Joke na lang.

I do agree with you. Once you need to start managing water then probably the first step is to attach a value to it.

I wonder if these water issues are going to become a new normal. I have felt it at my place as well. Since these water issues, my water pressure has gone to crap.

 

Who are these bulk water suppliers? Is there some privately owned water in Philippines? That does not sound like a positive trend.

 

And when it does eventually rain, the ground will be so hard, that the water will just run off the surface and flood everywhere.