The Local Water Utilities Administration, more commonly referred to as LWUA, is a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) with a specialized lending function mandated by law to promote and oversee the development of water supply systems in provincial cities and municipalities outside of Metropolitan Manila. It holds office in its own building at the MWSS-LWUA Compound located at Balara, Quezon City. It is run by an Administrator assisted by a Deputy Administrator for Institutional Development Services, a Deputy Administrator for Financial Services, a Deputy Administrator for Engineering Services, and a Deputy Administrator for Administrative Services, under the guidance of a five-man Board of Trustees where the Administrator is an ex-officio member. LWUA was created through Presidential Decree No. 198, also known as “The Provincial Water Utilities Act of 1973,” which was signed into law on May 25, 1973. The law that created LWUA in the national level also provided for the establishment of Water Districts in provincial cities and municipalities. Thus would be put into motion a development partnership called the “LWUA-Water District Concept” that would revolutionize water supply provision in the countryside. In 1987, LWUA’s mission and area of responsibility was expanded to include provision of Level II service (communal faucet system) through the Rural Waterworks and Sanitation Associations (RWSAs) in areas where Level III systems (individual household connection) were not feasible.