Water Quality and Supply in Metro Roxas Water District towards Sustainable Operations

Abstract

The Metro Roxas Water District (MRWD) is a public water utility that covers more than 40,000 active service connections for Roxas City, Panay, Ivisan, and some portions of Sigma, Capiz. This study assessed the operational status of MRWD in terms of water supply and quality, identified key factors that affect water supply and quality, and analyzed water supply trend using historical data of its water production from 2019 to 2023. The 396 respondents were selected out of 41,805 concessionaires to answer a researcher-made questionnaire about their perception on MRWD’s water supply, water quality, and level of impact of identified key factors that affect the supply and quality of water. Data gathered were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and regression. Findings showed that waste management and water leakages had significant impact on operational status of MRWD, while natural hazards, pollution, population growth, source of water, urbanization, and water temperature had considerable impact. Results also revealed that MRWD’s operational status was operational for both water quality and water supply. Natural hazards and waste management were key factors that act as significant predictors of MRWD’s operational status, while pollution, population growth, source of water, urbanization, water leakages, and water temperature did not act as significant predictors. The SWOT analysis and matrix was utilized to evaluate secondary data and correlate with quantitative data results. The insights in SWOT analysis and matrix served as awareness for MRWD about its internal factors that can take advantage to battle the challenges and grab opportunities for the sustainability of its operations in the future.