City eyes communal water system in water-deficit villages

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

ILOILO City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog is planning to convert some 32 unused water tanks in some city barangays to be converted into communal water purifier system to help solve water shortages.

Mabilog said these inactive water tanks will be filled with water by Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) to solve the water scarcity in some 22 city barangays particularly at the waterfront area.

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Mabilog said he has already instructed the Traffic Management and Transport Regulation Office (TMTRO) to allow MIWD water delivery trucks to enter the city amid the implemented truck ban in the city.

There is no more reason for MIWD not to comply in its mandated duty to deliver water to city residents, the city mayor said.

Aside from the 22 affected barangays out of 45 in the city proper, the water crisis is also felt in some areas in Jaro, Molo and Arevalo.

Severely affected with water shortage are city barangays of Tanza Baybay, Tanza Timawa Zone 1, Tanza Timawa Zone 2, Rizal Palapala 1, Rizal Palapala 2, De la Rama, Muelle Loney, Gen. Hughes, Concepcion-Montes, Zamora-Milleza, Monica, Ma. Clara, San Jose and Ortiz.

Mabilog added that the Lopez Group of companies recently pledged to donate two communal water purifier tanks.