Monday, April 11, 2005
MCWD told to plug leaks, illegal pipes
REPAIR leaks, stop illegal connections and educate consumers on the “perils of wasting water”, a Cebu City councilor urged the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD).
The Cebu City Council last week also approved the allocation of P32,000 to reactivate two submersible pumps, whose parts have been stolen.
The pumps along Sergio Osmeña Blvd. were vital in driving out wastewater from the City’s pumping station to the sewage treatment plant.
Clean water, meanwhile, is pilfered and wasted continuously. City Councilor Edgardo Labella wanted MWCD to do something about it.
He asked the water firm’s general manager Juan Saul Montecillo, former City Hall administrator, to immediately act on his request.
His call came after the City Council declared last Wednesday 24 mountain barangays as calamity areas due to scarcity of potable water.
He said numerous leaks and illegal connections were major reasons that water supply is dwindling most especially in thickly populated areas in the city.
Water lost to leaking pipes and illegal connections are referred to as “systems losses” with consumers ending up paying the cost.
“The recurring water supply crisis of Metro Cebu, including Cebu City, could substantially be addressed at if the problem on leaks and illegal connections will be given appropriate attention,” Labella said in his proposal.
“Saving what we have is really one of the key measures needed to ensure the City’s supply of water,” he added.
Labella, though, acknowledged that people’s cooperation is important.
Wednesday last week, Labella and the rest of the City Council used P32,341 of the City’s Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. funds to reactivate two City-owned pumps.
Thieves smashed the wall of the City’s Pumping Sub-station 2 on Sergio Osmeña Blvd. and fled with pipes, wires, cables, and control panel.
The City repaired the wall but the pumps are not yet working, reported Arsenio Uy, officer-in-charge of the sewage treatment plant operations. RHM
(April 11, 2005 issue)
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