The concept of water security is used from the household to the global level. Water security, as defined by UN-Water (2013) is ““The capacity of a population to safeguard sustainable access to adequate quantities of acceptable quality water for sustaining livelihoods, human well-being, and socio-economic development, for ensuring protection against water-borne pollution and water-related disasters, and for preserving ecosystems in a climate of peace and political stability.” This definition embodies the different aspects captured between water resources protection and socio-economic perspectives. As central tenet of climate change adaptation, management strategies are vital in using water resources to limit the gap of water supply and demand of a nation. Ensuring water security is seen as an urgent challenge that impacts lives and livelihood of billions of people if not addressed . Urbanization is a significant global phenomenon that intersects water security. 66% of the global population is expected to live in cities by 2050 and is expected to increase for years. This leads to urban water security being recognized as a crucial factor to achieve sustainable development. Aligned with the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development of the United Nations, urban water security directly supports to two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) namely SDG6 (Clean water and sanitation) and SDG11 (Sustainable cities and communities). This indicates its relevance in achieving sustainable development . To address and develop water security in a large viewpoint, measuring specific indicators and variables needs to come first. Development towards equitable and sufficient water has been primarily assessed using measures of water availability, often at a global, state and national level. These indicators of water security assessments can mask significant variations in security at a local scale. This may indicate that a country may be water secure based on the identified dimensions at the national scale however may be very different when closely analysed in a local scale. In this project’s setting, the water security level of the entire Philippines may not be the same with Central Visayas’ water security evaluation result. As of this writing, there has been few number of researches that covers local scale assessments. Note that local assessments are vital to in assessing the national water security concepts and will usually require a bottom-up approach. No paper has been published on measuring local-scale or urban-scale water security most specifically in Central Visayas Philippines.