PCWS is a non-governmental organization in the Philippines that was established in 1990 to improve water supply, sanitation, and hygiene in poor communities. It engages in projects at both the village and national levels by providing technical solutions, capacity building, advocacy, and environmental protection. At the village level, PCWS introduces low-cost water and sanitation technologies, builds community capacity, promotes wastewater treatment, and increases community participation in decision making regarding water resources and the environment.

1. PCWS
PCWS

2. PCWS
PCWS is a NGO that works to
improve the water supply, sanitation
and hygiene (WASH) situation
specially of the poorest
communities in the Philippines...
PCWS promotes access to water and
sanitation as a human right.

3. PCWS
• Started in 1990 as a project of the Netherlands-based International Institute
of Infrastructure, Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering (IHE).
• Used to be known as International Training Network (ITN); funded by the
Dutch Government from 1990 to 1998.
• By the end of Dutch funding support, the few remaining staff transformed its
group into an NGO called Philippine Center for Water and Sanitation – The
ITN Foundation.
• Since 1998, PCWS has been supporting itself through its professional fees
obtained from training, technical support, research, advocacy and
consultancy services provided to UN agencies, local governments, NGOs,
national government agencies, corporations, and communities.
PCWS Brief History

4. PCWS
PCWS engages in water, sanitation an hygiene
(WASH) projects at the village and up to the
national level,
combining:
• policy recommendations
• awareness raising
• capacity building
• WASH technical solutions
• environmental protection
• strengthening partnerships

5. PCWS
At the village level …
• Introducing low-cost water supply and sanitation technology options applicable to the
local situation.
• Building community capacity to care for and repair water & sanitation systems.
• Promoting wastewater treatment for communities and households.
• Teaching communities to design, construct, operate and maintain their WASH systems.
• Increasing the participation of community members in decision-making on water
resources management and environmental protection.

6. PCWS

7. Water & Sanitation Technology Options
PCWS

8. Water & Sanitation Technology Options
PCWS
Material Cost: PhP 1,500 to 2,000 per unit
Labor Cost: PhP 1,000 to 1,500 per unit
Mold Fabrication Cost: PhP 1,500 to 2,000 per mold set

9. Water & Sanitation Technology Options
PCWS
• Purifies water up to 99.9 %
• Easy to build and use
• Minimal maintenance
• Per unit materials and installation
cost: PhP 500.00

10. Water & Sanitation Technology Options
PCWS
A 4-cubic meter capacity biogas digester can serve as communal septic tank for 6 household toilets.
Biogas digester septic tanks built in wetland communities produce clean energy for cooking and
serves as an alternative to mangroves being cut for fuel.
• Material Cost: PhP 2,000 to 2,500 per cubic meter
• Labor Cost: PhP 1,500 to 2.000 per cubic meter
• Mold Fabrication Cost: PhP 1,000 to 1,500 per cubic meter

11. PCWS
Encouraging innovative community-based researches, ideas and analysis that
would benefit especially those with limited resources…

12. PCWS
Encouraging innovative community-based researches, ideas and analysis that
would benefit especially those with limited resources…
Integrating social infrastructures and the passing of enabling local policies …

13. Advocating for the support and financing of efforts for more pilot
testing and up-scaling of practical technologies useful to low-income
communities with limited resources.

14. WATER CONNECTS US ALL.
Going beyond WASH towards…
- Livelihood development
- Shared social goals
- Housing
- Political empowerment
- Agriculture
- Food security
- Energy

15. WATER CONNECTS US ALL.
Going beyond WASH towards…
- Cultural enhancement
- Poverty reduction

16. WATER CONNECTS US ALL.
Going beyond WASH towards…
- Improved shared social spaces
- Peace keeping efforts
- Healthy and vibrant communities