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powered facilities that address basic import drinking water from Baclayon
needs while boosting livelihood drives the cost to Php50-60.00 on the
options. island.

Although cold storage at household A desalination plant was already
level has eased food spoilage and the installed and tested to run from source
need to cross the seas often, a to plant (sans purication). However,
communal cold storage facility can limited electricity hinders its full
cater to shing and other cottage operation. The company also went out
industries such as goat milk, as already of business by the time daytime
started by two households. Food electricity was made available.
security can also be attained through Nonetheless, this opens up the
cultivation of resilient local food opportunity to establish solar-powered
systems.
d e s a l i n a t i o n s y s t e m s f o r t h e
community. This would require
With rice and corn crops being heavily
affected by drought and climate technical testing for the existing
change, solar-powered drip irrigation desalination facility's functionality, as
can play a role in reviving agricultural well as capacity building, and
activity for food security as well as institutional arrangements for
yielding additional produce for operations and maintenance. Further
livelihood in the island. considerations include residents'
capacity to pay as well as supply needed

Tourist arrivals and other economic to power the system vis-à-vis other
activities can also be further boosted energy needs in the community.
through improved water supply, which
is a key development issue as revealed It is also worth noting that a university
in the data collected. Above all, this student from Pamilacan was part of a
pertains to residents' basic right to team that presented desalination
water, as they currently pay twice as innovation at Sikat Impact Challenge
much for mineral water. The need to in 2017.

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