https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1976/12/31/presidential-decree-no-10... Presidential Decree No. 1067, s. 1976 | Official Gazette of the Republic o... Presidential Decree No. 1067, s. 1976 Signed on December 31, 1976 (https://www.o=cialgazette.gov.ph/1976/12/31/presidential-decree-no-1067-s-1976/) CHAPTER I Declaration of Objectives and Principles PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1067 A DECREE INSTITUTING A WATER CODE, THEREBY REVISING AND CONSOLIDATING THE LAWS GOVERNING THE OWNERSHIP, APPROPRIATION, UTILIZATION, EXPLOITATION, DEVELOPMENT, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WATER RESOURCES WHEREAS, Article XIV, Section 8 of the New Constitution of the Philippines provides, inter alia, that all waters of the Philippines belong to the State; WHEREAS, existing water legislations are piece-meal and inadequate to cope with increasing scarcity of water and changing patterns of water use; WHEREAS, there is a need for a Water Code based on rational concepts of integrated and multipurpose management of water resources and su=ciently Xexible to adequately meet future developments; WHEREAS, water is vital to national development and it has become increasingly necessary for government to intervene actively in improving the management of water resources; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the enactment of the Water Code of the Philippines of 1976, as follows: ARTICLE 1. This Code shall be known as The Water Code of the Philippines. 31.05.21, 19:45 1 of 21 GOVPH (/)