Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 62)
Executive Order No. 62, dated October 26, 2011.
The Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) was attached to the Department of Health (DOH).
DPWH is mandated to ensure that the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of infrastructure facilities, including water resource development systems, are done with the highest level of safety and efficiency in line with national development objectives.
The Secretaries of Finance, Public Works and Highways, and Health, serving in an ex officio capacity, are the National Government Trustees in the LWUA Board.
Yes, the ex officio members may designate their respective alternates who must be officials next-in-rank, with a rank not lower than Assistant Secretary.
The Inter-Agency Committee on the Water Sector is tasked to design and recommend to the President a water sector master plan to effectively address all water sector issues and concerns, and recommend the appropriate organizational structure for agencies concerned for its implementation.
The Secretary of Public Works and Highways leads the Inter-Agency Committee on the Water Sector.
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Office of the President (OP), and other concerned agencies are part of the Committee.
The DPWH is authorized to exercise administrative supervision over LWUA and continue implementing reforms to ensure efficient resource flow and facilitate project implementation in the water sector.
All orders, rules, regulations, and issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with Executive Order No. 62 are repealed or modified accordingly.
The separability clause states that if any provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, other unaffected provisions shall remain valid and subsisting.
It took effect immediately upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation.