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Sunday, February 08, 2004
BWD adopts contingency plans to ensure enough water supply
THE BAGUIO Water District has adopted contingency plans to ensure enough supply of water in the city during the Panagbenga until the Holy Week observance.
BWD General Manager Teresita De Guzman, in a letter to the City Council, said BWD will ensure that there would be no facility shutdown or breakdown by instituting regular preventive maintenance of pumping stations. Major facilities were also equipped with spare pumps so that in the event of a breakdown, the needed equipment would be readily available.
In the event of a power failure, major facilities are equipped with stand-by generators with spare fuel so that water distribution would not be severely affected.
De Guzman added that additional work shifts for mobile water delivery would be implemented to cope with the additional demand as well as orders.
She said the usual skeletal force at night as well as during weekends, Sundays and holidays would be adopted to respond to water problems that may arise anytime of the day or night.
In a related development, De Guzman claimed the 55 water distribution facilities, mostly deep wells, are fully operational, thus, BWD can readily respond to the water demand of the residents and tourists alike.
De Guzman added that eight open water sources such as springs and reservoirs can store enough water to back up the production of the 55 deep wells during the rainy season.
"As water level begins to lower in spring and open sources due to the shifting from wet to dry season, BWD begins to spruce-up deep wells that are on seasonal shutdown so that water schedules can be maintained throughout the summer season," De Guzman explained.
BWD would also adopt a scheduled mode of allocation because of the variation in the supply and demand ratio. She confirmed that BWD has a combined water supply of 35,000 cubic meters per day as against an average demand of 52,000 cubic meters per day.
It was earlier reported that the actual daily water demand could reach by as much as 90,000 during the Panagbenga, Christmas and Holy Week observance.
With the present production capability, De Guzman said BWD is able to cope with the resident’s water requirements by supplying water on certain days interval within the week, enabling residents to fill-up their water tanks and other storage facilities so they have water that could be used on non-scheduled days until such time that their ration could again be supplied. Dianne Guinatang
(February 8, 2004 issue)
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