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A property cannot manage water well if it only measures what it buys. Most property owners understand water through one document: the monthly water bill. The bill tells us how much treated water entered the property through the utility connection and how much we must pay for it. This is useful information—but it represents only one part of the property’s water system. It does not tell us how much rain fell on the property, how much water was drawn from the ground, how much wa

Why water management should begin where rain first meets the roof and land By Antonina Lourdes “Queenie” E. Cunanan Water & Land Strategist | Co-Founder and President, Ecosensya Solutions My background in industrial engineering taught me that we cannot understand—or improve—a system by measuring only one part of it. Yet this is often how we manage water. We look at the water bill and assume we understand our water use. The bill tells us how much treated water we purchased fro

By Antonina Lourdes “Queenie” E. Cunanan Co-Founder and President, Ecosensya Solutions for Environmental Sustainability, Inc. Every time I hear about drought, declining groundwater, or water rationing in the Philippines, I return to one question: Where does the rain go? We live in a tropical archipelago that receives substantial rainfall. During the wet season, we can have so much water that our concern becomes flooding. We build drains, canals and other infrastructure to mov

Summary of coastal and climate vulnerability CORVI results and recommendations thru US-Japan-PH collaboration for Dagupan City, Philippines

When it comes to talks about water and climate, something gravely overlooked is the water cycle itself.