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CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND QUANTITY CONDITION ON DOMESTIC WATER VALUE OF TALOMO-LIPADAS WATERSHED

Claudio A Okiyama | Lourdes C Cabintoy

 

Abstract:

Global climate change caused by human activity is a threat worse than terrorism. It lingers economic and social catastrophe such as water resources depletion. It claims lives such as typhoon damages. Ils alarming impact witnessed by [Philippine] society (Lino. 2000) challenges new approaches of decision-making and interests in shaping public policy based on rigorous researches (Enger & Smith, 2006). Hence, This study determined the influence of climatic variability and quantity condition on domestic water resources of talomo-lipadas watershed employing the availability and price of hydroclimatological indicators. Using descriptive correlation method, it asserted that climatic variability is are very hot at maximum temperature) and ordinarily warm levels (at minimum temperature) respectively The locale had neither reached the hottest nor gone beyond the coldest levels. Within the period covered, the domestic water value in terms of better and worse water availability declined at the rates of 424% and 7,99%, respectively In contrary, the minimum wafer price increased at the rate of 80.33%. Moreover, the no significant correlation between climatic variability (temperature and precipitation) and domestic water mice and availability denotes that the availability continues to decline and the price increase despite fluctuations of the climate. Finally, the climatic variability indicated by the combined maximum and minimum temperatures and precipitations had 25.3% influence on domestic water value at better water status, 22.3 % influence at worse water status, and 22.9% influence at minimum water price.