{
  "dataset": "Davao Water Tariff (DCWD) — second-tranche residential schedule, with the unpriced July 2024 tranche stated",
  "_disclosure": "UNVERIFIED AND UN-RECHECKABLE — read before citing. (1) These February 2024 figures are the most recent DCWD peso amounts any source publishes, and they are now over two years old. (2) A third LWUA-approved tranche of about 9.99 percent took effect on July 2024 billing — Manila Bulletin, MindaNews and Edge Davao all confirm the timing — but no source reproduces the implemented peso figures, so what a Davao household pays today is higher than every number in this file by an unpublished amount. (3) The primary can no longer be read: davao-water.gov.ph returns HTTP 403 behind a Cloudflare interstitial to both programmatic fetch and desktop-user-agent curl, checked 2026-07-12, so these figures are not merely un-superseded, they are un-recheckable at source. (4) The 2021 LWUA petition projected a third-tranche minimum of ₱235.60. That is a FORECAST, not an observation, and it is deliberately NOT seeded here — do not fill the gap with it. (5) A further 30 percent increase (15 percent plus 15 percent across 2026–2027) is proposed per SunStar 2026-01-09 but is not LWUA-approved or implemented, and is likewise not seeded. Treat every figure in this dataset as a floor, not a current price.",
  "slug": "davao-water-tariff",
  "url": "https://liveinph.com/data/davao-water-tariff",
  "asOf": "2024-02",
  "temporalCoverage": "2024-02",
  "spatialCoverage": "Davao City, Philippines",
  "source": "https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/897543/118-barangays-in-davao-city-face-20-water-rate-hike/story/",
  "sourceLabel": "DCWD via GMA News — second tranche, effective Feb 2024",
  "methodology": "https://liveinph.com/methodology",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "LiveInPH — https://liveinph.com",
  "limitations": [
    "A ~9.99 percent tranche took effect on July 2024 billing and its peso figures are unpublished, so this schedule understates the current bill by an unknown amount.",
    "DCWD's own site (davao-water.gov.ph) returns HTTP 403 to both fetch and curl, so these figures cannot currently be re-checked against the primary at all.",
    "One row on record. There is no series here and no trend is renderable — a second row appears when a tranche is published with figures, not when one takes effect.",
    "The residential lifeline rate is a flat ₱100 for consumption under 5 cu.m./month. It is a property of the schedule rather than of any single tranche, so it is stated here rather than repeated as a column.",
    "Residential tariff; commercial and bulk rates differ. DCWD serves Davao City; other Davao Region utilities are not covered.",
    "The 2021 LWUA petition's ₱235.60 third-tranche projection and the proposed 2026–2027 30 percent increase are forecasts, not observations, and neither is seeded."
  ],
  "columns": [
    "period",
    "effective_date",
    "minimum_for_10_cu_m_php",
    "tier2_per_cu_m_php",
    "tier3_per_cu_m_php",
    "tier4_per_cu_m_php",
    "tier5_per_cu_m_php",
    "source"
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "period": "2024-02",
      "effective_date": "2024-02-15",
      "minimum_for_10_cu_m_php": 214.2,
      "tier2_per_cu_m_php": 22.5,
      "tier3_per_cu_m_php": 29,
      "tier4_per_cu_m_php": 38.5,
      "tier5_per_cu_m_php": 56.2,
      "source": "https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/897543/118-barangays-in-davao-city-face-20-water-rate-hike/story/"
    }
  ]
}