Mindanao, Palawan to get solar water supply

COTABATO CITY: The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) will soon provide the remote villages and island communities of Mindanao and Palawan with potable sources of water for drinking and irrigation.

MinDa chief Emmanuel Piñol on Friday said his agency and Israeli agro-industrial firm LR Group, with the support of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, agreed to design a technical and financial plan to provide Mindanao villages with solar-powered water supply and desalination plants.