Philippine E-Journals

Utilization of Pool’s Excess Water in a Spring Resort for PICO-HYDRO Power Generation System

Alfred D. Gaas | John Paul B. Batiquin | Calven Z. Makinano

 

Abstract:

Rural areas in the Philippines have very few options for cash income and power supply following economic growth and inflation. The inflation rate of the Philippines in December 2015 was set at 1.50%, and the figure decreased to 1.30% in January (NSO, 2016). In line with this economic issue, there are human practices that degrade the forest and threaten the water supply especially to the rural and hilly vicinity which of some place are not yet having a power supply. The demand for electricity has increased in rural areas, for lighting in houses and schools, powering devices in medical facilities, charging mobile phones, among others.