Presidential Decree No. 198 otherwise known as the Provincial Water Utilities Act of 1973 as Amended by Presidential Decree Nos. 768 and 1479 declared a National Policy favoring local operation and control of water systems authorizing the formation of Local Water Districts and providing for the government and administration to facilitate improvement of local water utility granting said administration to facilitate such power as necessary to optimize public service from water utility operations and for the purpose.
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