In defense of the non-party litigant
It seemed no more than a gentle, though nevertheless firm reminder that the Supreme Court, early last month, gave to the courts below:
“Courts are hereby reminded to take greater care in issuing injunctive relief to litigants, that it would not violate any law.  The grant of a preliminary injunction in a case rests on the sound discretion of the court with the caveat that it should be made with great caution.  Thus, the issuance of the writ of preliminary injunction must have basis in and be in accordance with law.  All told, while the grant or denial of an injunction generally rests on the sound discretion of the lower court, this Court may and should intervene in a clear case of abuse.”  Click for Complete Article
 

Is Wawa River capable only of 50 MLD?
It is accepted by both proponents and opponents of the Wawa Dam as an alternative (or supplementary) source of raw water for Metro Manila and environs that the dam can deliver 50 million liters per day (MLD).  This is admitted by Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) Administrator Diosdado Allado.  This is part of NEDA’s presentation at the Philippine Development Forum on March 31, 2008 at Clark, Pampanga.
The real question is: is 50 MLD all that Wawa can deliver? 
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Is pollution relative?
It was probably inevitable that, after the initial proponent of the rehabilitation of Wawa Dam had demonstrated the logic of his project, crab mentality would rear its ugly head. The successful proponent must be brought down and the crabs’ tool for disparagement is emotionally charged accusation of pollution.
Barely seven months after the administrator himself of the Manila Water Sewerage System (MWSS), which is the government bureaucracy tasked, among others, “to ensure an uninterrupted and adequate supply and distribution of potable water for domestic and other purposes at just and equitable rates”, had accepted the offer, on 07 March 1997, of a private proponent, San Lorenzo Ruiz Builders & Developers Group, Inc., to undertake what was then known as the Montalban River Project, a senior official in the MWSS, publicly took a position contrary to his boss’.  Click for Complete Article
 

Wawa, naman
Before Angat, there was Wawa.  Built by the Americans in 1908, the Wawa Dam, located in Montalban, Rizal, at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains, supplied the needs of Metro Manila up 1968.  It was abandoned in favor of Angat Dam by then President Marcos who was allegedly worried that his tenure in Malacanang was in danger of being shortened if Wawa Dam were to burst inundating the Palace.
As a consequence, millions of gallons now flow over the Wawa dam, into Marikina, on to the Pasig river, and out towards Manila Bay. Now that Angat Dam is, by virtue of its sitting atop an earthquake fault, undeniably not only vulnerable to the shifting of the earth but also inadequate as Manila’s sole water source, its time to call back into service this trusty and faithful servant.  Rehabilitating Wawa is, I submit, a much better option than developing Laiban.
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