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Figure 19.3 Malnutrition Rates in 116 Cities, PY 200410012.9513.2614.5614.72109.251NationalAverageNorthern LuzonAgribusinessQuadrangleMetro LuzonUrban BeltwayCentralPhilippinesMindanao SuperRegionTarget: Reduce by 50% the number of people with no access to safe drinking waterHousehold with Potable Water. In 2004, a very high national average of 83.3% wasreported by all the households in the 112 cities in the Philippines regarding their access tosafe potable water supply. The 55 urban centers in Luzon registered an average of 85.3%of the households with access to drinkable water while the 27 cities in Mindanao, and 30in the Visayas had 84.0% and 76.8%, respectively. The accomplishment was quiteimpressive among the 72% of the urban centers as exhibited by their distributionaccording to performance levels in the provision of clean water.Based on the current performance average, accomplishing a 100% access to potablewater for all the households in every city in the Philippines is not impossible. Based onLGPMS estimates, the total number of households in the country without access todrinkable water was around 800,000 (see Figure 19.4). Moreover, the cities in the MLUBcovered about 36% or nearly 300,000 households without access to safe drinking water.This was followed by those in the CP with around 29% or over 220,000 households, andthose in the MSR with about 23% or nearly 186,000 households without access to cleanwater. The urban centers in the NLAQ, on the other hand, had the lowest number ofhouseholds without access to potable water at over 92,000 or 12% of the total.It is anticipated that in the next 10 years, the target for cities to reduce the number ofhouseholds with no access to drinkable water will be around 400,000. With theconvergence of efforts and resources, and proper focusing of target areas, such goal iscertainly realistically attainable.154 STRATEGIC LINK TO THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS