LISTAHANG

A National Water Survey

TUBIG
Listahang Tubig is the first national survey of water service providers in the Philippines. With a participation rate of 88% from cities and municipalities nationwide, the
survey generated a robust database of water service providers directory, profiles and service levels; and benchmarked performance of utilities providing piped household
connections. The database is cloud-based thus readily accessible to stakeholders and organized so that geographic aggregation or disaggregation of data is possible.
Moreover, data entry by service providers is set up in a user friendly manner, easing self-reporting of primary and updated data. The partners in this undertaking are:
the National Water Resources Board as lead, the National Economic and Development Authority, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Local Water Utilities
Administration, Philippine Association of Water Districts, the World Bank and the United States Agency for International Development.

Total Population Served1

85.5%
PHILIPPINES
Poverty Incidence versus
Population with Access
to Safe Water Supply

total population
served1

96%

22,000+
Piped Water Service Providers and
77%
91%

Population Served2
54%
water service providers Piped Water Service Providers Population Served
90%
nationwide2 99%

53%
32%
29%
91%

4,700+
79%
14%
8%
6% 4%
piped water supply 78%
Community-based LGU-run Utility Water District Private Utilities
service providers2 Organizations
87%

82%

80%

79%
Water Service Providers by Level of Service2

73% 85%
unregulated water utilities2 22% 21%
67%
Population with

Utilities that are regulated Access to Safe Water

Supply (in %)

and have corporate Source: Listahang Tubig Survey, 2013 data.

57% Figures are based on self-reporting data

among participating water service providers.

governance structures, such 2012 Poverty Incidence (in%)

80%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority.

as water districts and some < 15

83%
58%
private utilities, show better
15.1 - 30.0

Point Source Public Faucet Piped Connection 30.1 - 45.0

45.1 - 50.0

performance. >50

1
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2014 Annual Poverty Incidence Survey
2
Source: Listahang Tubig Survey, 2013 Data

THE POWER OF INFORMATION KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS2

The Listahang Tubig information can serve development efforts in the sector Community-
Water LGU-run Private All
consistent with principles of inclusive growth and ensuring sustainability and Indicator Based
Districts Utilities Utilities Average
improvement of services. Organizations
Water Availability 22 19 19 18 19
Support evidence-based policy making, strategic planning and
(hours)
targeting of interventions to get the best socio-economic value
for investments on facilities, institutional strengthening and Consumption per 108 99 85 131 98

1 capacity building programs of the government; as well as inform

the implementing guidelines of the water supply sectors unified
Capita per Day
(lpcd)
financing framework (UFF). The UFF aims to rationalize allocation of
% Non-Revenue 25% 23% 19% 25% 22%
grants and subsidies, commercial and equity financing through PPP
Water
arrangements.
Operating Ratio 0.72 0.93 0.85 0.71 0.83
Promote value of economic regulation among the utilities outside
Collection Period 2.06 1.73 2.29 1.76 2.00
of the State regulatory mantle and inform regulatory reforms
(months)
appropriate for current state of utilities, in particular, establishing

2 light handed regulatory (LHR) guidelines to cope with the highly

disaggregated ownership structure of utilities; LHR simplifies the
Average Tariff
(PhP/m3)
26 12 14 23 18

process of securing licenses to operate and set tariffs and will use the
Staff/1,000 8 34 54 18 40
power of benchmarking to encourage utilities to improve coverage
Connections
and performance.
% Production 85% 24% 34% 54% 45%
Compel action through investments or institutional strengthening or Metering

3 both among decision makers of communities lagging in adequacy,

level of servicein particular upgrading to piped water supply, and
% With
Potability Tests
86% 21% 23% 54% 29%
quality of water supply services.
Highlights of Information from Listahang Tubig
Organized at Regional, Provincial or Municipal Level

Directory of the 22,844 Water service providers Water sources by Key performance indicators
water utilities nationwide by management type, management type, of piped connection service
classified according to by level of service and condition of sources and providers, providing a basis
location, level of service households served average daily volume to compare performances
and management type extracted by management type

EXAMPLES OF USE OF INFORMATION FROM THE LISTAHANG TUBIG

Stakeholder Purpose Data Information Needs
National Water Resources Board Economic regulation Location of water utilities
(NWRB)
Water utilities with/without Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC)
Water utilities conducting potability tests
Compliance with economic regulation standards
Water resource regulation Water resources by province in map, in print
Water sources with production meters
Department of the Interior and Planning and monitoring the improvement of LGU Service coverage
Local Government (DILG) water service delivery
Integrating data in existing project planning and Water utilities: national to barangay level; management type and all service levels to be
monitoring system (PPMS) seen in dashboard, printable; spatial data presented in table, bar chart, pie chart
Grant targeting, enhancing capacity development
interventions
Local Water Utilities Expanding coverage/service area Map showing coverage of each water district and other providers; identifying barangays
Administration (LWUA) with service coverage and nearby barangays with no coverage yet
Identifying water source Sources of water of the water districts
Prioritizing improvement of capacity of water Need for source expansion can be indicated by the number of hours of operations per
districts water source
National Economic and Policy formulation and sector planning Service coverage
Development Authority (NEDA)
Compliance with economic regulations
Key performance indicators
Water Service Providers Improvement of operations Identification of competition
Benchmarking of utility performance
Time-lined utility performance
Comparison of utility with peer performance
Water Consumers Information on service Benchmarking of performance of consumers respective service providers with other
utilities; empowerment of constituency to demand better service

INSTITUTIONALIZING LISTAHANG TUBIG

Listahang Tubig Policy makers and stakeholders NWRB will sustain NWRB will allocate
executing partners will are encouraged to use Listahang performance budget for the
disseminate Listahang Tubig information for policy benchmarking as a tool for continuation of
Tubig information formulation and call for action in light handed regulation Listahang Tubig
areas where service is lagging

HOW TO REGISTER AND UPDATE INFORMATION

2014 anda 2015 Data Years
Who May Register? Registration of Encoders Registration of Endorsers
Now Open for Encoding
1. Water service provider encoderthe 1. Go to the Listahang Tubig website and 1. The General Manager of the water Water service providers may now encode
appointed water utility staff who will log-in. utility or the Municipal Planning and their 2014 and 2015 data.
encode the water utility data into the 2. Click Sign up now and fill out all the Development Coordinator nominates
website required fields. himself or a designated official or staff to The Listahang Tubig survey form may
2. LGU Encoderthe appointed LGU 3. Click Sign Up to proceed to create the be the Endorser by submitting through be downloaded from the website. After
staff who will encode the data of water password through the email address email a Nomination Letter to NWRB. completely filling out the form, the Encoder
utilities that do not have access to the given at the Sign In stage. 2. NWRB will confirm the acceptance of the may encode the form on line. The Endorser
internet 4. Log in to the given email address. nomination by email. has to endorse the form in the website to
3. Endorserthe appointed person 5. Click the link in the email to create your 3. Endorser proceeds to register using the signify that data encoded are final.
who will clear all water utility data password. same steps as an Encoder.
for inclusion in the Listahang Tubig 6. In the pop-up window, enter your new
database. Normally, this is the General password for Listahang Tubig and confirm
Manager of the water utility or his/her it.
designated official. For LGU-run utilities 7. Click Ok.
Listahang Tubig Help Desk
and utilities whose data are encoded 8. The Encoders account is activated. Click National Water Resources Board
by the LGU Encoder, the Endorser is the here to proceed with encoding of the TeleFax (02) 920 2714
Municipal Planning and Development survey form. Email Address listahangtubig@nwrb.gov.ph
Coordinator.
Website http://listahangtubig.cloudapp.net