ILOILO CITY, May 21 -- Concessionaires of Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW) have been warned of continued water service interruptions as it experiences a "severe water supply shortage" after the raw water volume of its bulk water suppliers has reached "critically low levels."

The MPIW serves seven districts of Iloilo City and the municipalities of Oton, Sta. Barbara, Cabatuan, Maasin, San Miguel, Pavia, and Leganes.

"Our water supply production level has decreased from 57.142 to 56.200 MLD (million liters per day), significantly dipping below the critical level," it said in a statement on Tuesday.

The MPIW said the water levels in the Aganan, Maasin, Jalaur, and Tigum rivers are "plummeting at an alarming rate" due to the El Nino pheno...