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educational opportunities (Goal 6, n.d.). More than 2  Valley. SANWAD recognizes the requirement for the
              billion people, particularly in several developing countries  City's growth in terms of its rapid increase in population
              within Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Southern Asia,  density. As a result, it continues to engage in projects that
              Eastern Asia, and South-Eastern Asia, are living at risk of  will broaden its service area and initiatives that will
              low access to freshwater resources. Thus, Goal 6 by 2030  enhance its water delivery capabilities.
              aims to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and  Providing reliable and affordable wastewater treatment
              affordable drinking water for all. To do so, a target was  in rural and urban areas is challenging, especially for
              also to improve water quality by reducing pollution,  developing  countries  [7].  Whereas  a  centralized
              eliminating  and  reducing  dumping,  and  releasing  wastewater collection and treatment system is costly to
              hazardous wastes to the environment. Another target of  build and operate, a decentralized approach for wastewater
              Goal 6 was to implement integrated water resources  treatment can be used as an alternative. These employ a
              management at all levels by 2030. In addition to being  combination of onsite and/or cluster systems, becoming
              helpful for the environment, achieving Goal 6 could also  more  reliable  and  cost-effective.  Additionally,  a
              achieve Goal 3 of the SGDs 17: Good health and well-  decentralized approach to wastewater management may
              being (Goal 3, n.d.). As cited in their paper, [2], argued  offer  wastewater  re-use  and  resource  recovery
              that there could be considerable benefit in approaching and  opportunities, improving local environmental health
              implementing together two seemingly separate goals: the  conditions [8]. It may also provide increased opportunities
              17 SGDs and the Developmental Origins of Health and  for local stakeholder participation in planning and
              Disease (DOHaD. Here, the DOHaD demonstrates that  decision-making.
              early exposures to environmental  hazards (e.g., waste,  Here, the City of Santiago's water supply and
              unsanitary water) could affect future health and that of  management systems were assessed in the context of Goal
              future generations.                       6 of the 17 SDGs. Specifically, factors such as coverage
               Isabela is the second largest province in the Philippines  service area, population and system facilities, and demand
              and the largest on the island of Luzon. Primarily an  projections of the existing water management systems
              agricultural province, its primary product is rice and corn.  were used to assess system sustainability. Additionally, the
              In 2012, Isabela was declared the country's top producer of  impact of the current water management system on the
              corn with 1,209,524 metric tons [3]. Furthermore, it is the  communal context was also determined by measuring
               th
              10 wealthiest province of 2011 [4]. Isabela has four trade  consumer satisfaction. And to address global challenges, it
              centers in the cities of Ilagan and Santiago City.  is necessary to mobilize a variety of resources from a
                              st
               Santiago City is a 1 class independent component city  variety of stakeholders, including governments, civil
              in Cagayan Valley (Region 2), with 148,580 people [5].  society, the private sector, academia, and citizens, to form
              Although statistically grouped by the Philippine Statistics  strong multi-stakeholder partnerships and collaboration at
              Authority  and  geographically  located  within  the  the global, regional, national, and local levels in response
              boundaries of Isabela (as well as part of the province's 4 th  to SDGs 17. Finally, better governance policies were
              District), it is administratively and legally independent  proposed to the local government unit (LGU) of Santiago
              from the province (R.A. No. 7160). Politically, it is  City using these data.
              subdivided into 37 barangays [6]. Covering a total area of  To characterize and benchmark the water supply and
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              255.50 km , 80% of which is flat or nearly level land.  management systems of residential and industrial locations
              Home to several business enterprises, banking institutions,  in the City of Santiago. Specifically, this study aims : To
              educational institutions, and manufacturing companies,  determine the sustainability of water supply in terms of
              Santiago City, is considered the Commercial and Trading  location (mapping), consumption volume, and distribution;
              Center of Cagayan Valley and known as the Investment  To determine the waste management practices of
              Hub of the North. Some of the major establishments in the  residential and locale in terms of total load, location
              city operate in commerce (Robinsons Land Corporation),  (mapping of dumping sites), method of waste treatment
              real estate (Vista Land and Life scapes, Inc.), media  and disposal; To assess the consumer/ residential
              (ABS-CBN, GMA7, TV5), food and beverage (San Miguel  satisfaction of people in Santiago City towards the water
              Corp.,  Pepsi  Cola,  Purefoods),  telecommunications  and waste management practices
              (Digitel and PLDT), and automotive (Mitsubishi, Nissan,
              Suzuki, Hyundai, KIA, Ford, Chevrolet, Peugeot, Foton,
              Mahindra). In addition to these industries, the agriculture  2. Methodology
              sector also produces and exports to other provinces local
              produce such as rice, corn, and high-value fruits and  The study uses the GIS (Geographic Information
              vegetables.                               System) to map the respondents' location and highlights
               Santiago City has 37 barangays, 23 covered by  the reservoir, pumping stations, and water system
              SANWAD, with  19,332  households  out of  73980  total  coverage. There were 395 respondents selected through
              population households. Santiago City boasts the most  stratified random sampling. The respondents  were
              extensive and well-maintained business area in Cagayan  clustered per zone consisting of 12 active barangays out of
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