28 Oct 2009
City government to implement P50-M water system project
by Jose Rodriguez T. Señase

TACLOBAN CITY -- The City Government of Tacloban will commence the implementation of a P50-million water system project this coming December.

This was bared by Executive Assistant Eduardo Manadong in an interview Friday.

Manadong said that work on the multi-million-peso project would go full blast once the bidding process will be completed.

"The bidding is scheduled next month. Once the winning bidder will be selected, project implementation will begin immediately. It could be in the first half of December at the earliest," he pointed out.

The executive assistant explained that the city government decided to undertake the project because of the continuing "failure" of the Provincial Government-run Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) to adequately supply water to the city, especially the northern barangays.

According to him, residents of the 13 villages in the north will be the number one beneficiaries of the proposed project once it is completed.

The 13 barangays in the north are Palanog, Paglaum, Bagacay, Picas, San Roque, Sta. Elena, Cabalawan, Sto. Niño, San Isidro, New Kawayan, Old Kawayan, Salvacion, and Tagpuro.

"The project is especially intended for people in the northern barangays, but it doesn't mean that other areas in the city will not benefit from it. People in the Downtown area and other villages outside the north will also get their own supply of water through water tankers ," he pointed out.

Manadong disclosed that the city government would use a P50-million loan obtained from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) for the completion of the entire project, which is one of the priorities of City Mayor Alfred Romualdez.

"The bulk will cover the putting up of water system facilities like water tanks and an impounding dam, while the balance will be used to acquire water tankers that will bring water from the source to the downtown area," he said.

The city official revealed that there will be three sources of water for the proposed pocket water system project.

The three sources, according to him, are deep wells to be dug up in three different sites in Cabalawan, surface water in Bagacay, and an impounding dam (water harvesting facility) in Salvacion.

"Though not a long-term solution, we, in the city government, are optimistic that the water supply problem will be somehow eased once the water system project will be completed," Manadong said.


Source:
http://leytesamardaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9073&Itemid=233