Floods Everywhere but shortage of drinking water

Make your own water reservoir put a container outside and collect all the water. :)

It's pretty sad hearing other parts of the country is experiencing the devastating flood and shortage of water. I am very lucky I lived here in Davao where supply of water is abundant and we never experienced flood just heavy rain at night, which is good because I can sleep well.

The best thing you can do in a situation like this is to know how to collect and purify your own drinking water. You can put containers out in the yard while it is raining to catch the water as it falls. When the containers get full, strain the water through a clean cloth or t-shirt to get the dirt or other stuff that may be floating in it. Coffee filters work well for this as well, you just have to strain the water into a container that is small enough for the coffee filter to stretch over the top of. After straining the water enough to make sure the dirt and stuff is out of it, pour the water into a pot and boil it on the stove. Leave it on there for 3-5 minutes after it starts to boil. Boiling the water will kill all the bacteria and harmful stuff that may have been in it. After boiling it for several minutes, turn it off and leave it on the stove to cool. Once it cools to room temperature, it is safe to drink, cook with, or be stored in clean containers. You can also collect water from freshwater rivers and lakes and use this method to purify it for use. If you figure out a way to do this, you never have to worry about having water to drink again.

In Manila we can hear that ther are floods that happening there and they have shortage of water to drink, but why is it happening? is there any problems to the leader? I hope the new elect President Noynoy will make a solution for this problem because water to drink is very important to the people and it is one of our basic needs as a human being to survive.

Wow, that must suck having a water shortage. Water is very essential in life. I only had 1 flood where I live. It didn't even hit me. It hit a park about 4 blocks from my house and everything behind it. It also hit in some of my other counties. Actually, nothing ever happened in records to my street. My street had always been flood free, tornado free, fire free, you name it. No natural or artificial disasters ever happened in my neighborhood.

El Nino was what happened to Philippines this summer that is why the water level in Angat Dam is in a very low level. Even though the first typhoon of the year, Basyang passed, it never really hit the area where the dam is located and it's the type that brought more winds than rain. Eventually the normal rainy season will come and the dams will be filled up but for now, there is a rotating water shortage. There are also water refilling businesses that sprouted everywhere in Metro Manila and they help augment the needs of people for safe drinking water.