Philippines Water Security for Resilient Economic Growth & Stability (Be Secure) Project: Final Report

Water security is a major input to achieving economic growth in the rapidly growing Philippines. While nationally there is an abundance of resources, water scarcity is increasingly felt at the local level. Water quality is an increasingly serious problem, with degraded water quality affecting human and ecosystem health.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

USAID’s Water Security for Resilient Economic Growth and Stability (Be Secure) Project in the Philippines, awarded on July 8, 2013, has been a four-year activity that worked to promote good governance and build capacity for long-term water security, improve access to water and wastewater treatment services, and build more resilient communities. Be Secure focused on achieving two intermediate results (IRs):

1. Increased sustainable access to water supply and wastewater treatment services; and
2. Increased resilience to climate-related water stress and hydrological extremes.

Be Secure worked at the national level and in six geographic sites, namely the provinces of Iloilo, Leyte, Misamis Oriental, Maguindanao, Basilan, and the city of Zamboanga.