Tourism and Water: Assessing the Sustainability of Drinking Water Management Practices in Island Resorts in the Philippines

Open Access

Issue		E3S Web Conf. Volume 709, 2026 2026 12^th International Conference on Environment and Renewable Energy (ICERE 2026)


Article Number		03004
Number of page(s)		13
Section		Waste Valorization and Green Biorefinery
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202670903004
Published online		07 May 2026

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