Practice question
What duty concerning water allocation does Maynilad associate with the public-trust doctrine?
- Treating environmental effects as legally irrelevant.
- Ending all public supervision once a permit issues.
- Taking the public trust into account and protecting public-trust uses whenever feasible.
- Guaranteeing that no allocation decision may ever be revisited.
- Prioritizing an operator's preference without examining public harm.
Legal references
- Maynilad Water Services v. Secretary of DENR, G.R. Nos. 202897, 206823 and 207969, August 6, 2019, main decision, water management as a public trust: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/65416
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