Metro Manila’s 2019 Water Crisis: Of Efficiency Traps and Dry Taps

• Main Authors: Torio, Philamer C, Mendoza, Ronald U, Torres, Ayn G
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: dry taps; efficiency traps; Metro Manila; regulatory failures; water crisis; water privatization/public–private partnerships; Environmental Policy; Infrastructure; Water Resource Management
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/213; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wwp2.12060
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In 2019, Metro Manila experienced a water supply crisis, barely 2 years after the government and its private concessionaires were given international recognition for a successful water privatization, with success defined in terms of high operating efficiencies and improved service levels. These serv...