PHILIPPINE

WATER
RESOURCES
REGIONS
 INTRODUCTION
The Philippines is endowed with rich
natural resources including water, which are
essential for the country’s development. Water
resources includes rivers, lakes and
groundwater, bay, coastal and oceanic waters.
The estimated water resource is
unequally distributed among the regions due to
differences in land area, physical settings and
local climate.
 WATER RESOURCE POTENTIAL
• Fresh water supplies in the Philippines come
from surface water and ground water
resources.
• The total annual resource potential of the
Philippines is estimated to be 145,990 million
cubic meters.
• 86% is surface water and 14% is groundwater.
 RAINWATER
• The main source of natural water on the earth
is rain.
• The purest form of water but while falling
down to earth’s surface, rainwater gets
polluted with dust particles and some disolved
gases.
• The mean annual rainfall of the Philippines
varies from 965 to 4,064 millimeters annually.
 RAINWATER
• Baguio City(CAR) , eastern Samar (region 8)
and Eastern Surigao (region 13) receive the
greatest amount of rainfall while Southern
portion of Cotabato receives least amount of
rain.
• At General Santos City, the average annual
rainfall is only 978 millimeters.
• Rainwater Harvesting – collecting anf storing
of water to be used.
 GROUNDWATER
• Is replenished or recharged by rain and seepage
from rivers. It contributes 14% of the total water
resource potential of the Philippines.
• It is used for drinking by about 50% of the people
in the country, 49% by domestic sector and the
remaining is shared by agriculture, industry and
other sectors.
• Region 10 has the lowest potential source while
regions 1 and 7 have the highest potential.
 GROUNDWATER
• Aquifer – a full body of water.
• Water table – is the upper surface of the
saturated zone.
 SURFACE WATER
• The water which can be found on the surface
of the earth.
• Man-made bodies of water are not considered
surface water
• Surface water includes:
– Oceans - Rivers
– Seas - Wetlands
– Lakes
 SURFACE WATER
• OCEANS
– composes of earth’s
hydrosphere. It is a very
large expanse of sea, in
particular each of the
main areas into which
the sea is divided. Pacific Ocean is the largest
body of water on earth, it
takes up 1/3 of the planet’s
surface. North east of the
Philippines.
 SURFACE WATER
• Sea
– the expanse of salt water
that covers most of the
earth’s surface and
surrounds its landmasses.
Philippine Sea which is
located at the North
Pacific Ocean of the
Eastern coasts of the
Philippine Islands.
 SURFACE WATER
• LAKE
- is a large body of water
surrounded by land.
-It occupies 1830 square
kilometers.
-There are 72 lakes in the Laguna de Bay is the
country. largest lake and the third
- Region 4A has the most largest lake in South East
numbered with 14 lakes. Asia.
 SURFACE WATER
• River
-A river is a large
natural flow of water
that crosses an area of
land and goes into an
-Rio Grande de Cagayan
ocean.
is the longest and largest
- Region 1 has the most river in the Philippines.
rivers with 76. Located at Nueva
Vizcaya, Quirino, Isabela,
and Cagayan.
 MAN-MADE WATER RESOURCES

DAM
- A dam is a barrier that
stops the flow of water.

- San Roque Dam of Pangasinan of Region 1 is the

largest dam in the Philippines and 16th largest in
the world.