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Thursday, October 23, 2003
Dam planned for Pasonanca
AN OFFICIAL of the Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) favors the construction of a mini water-impounding dam at the Pasonanca River to store water for the system.
ZCWD board member Edwin Macasiar said such a project would ensure that there would be water stored in the dam for the system during dry months.
Under the present system, water from the Pasonanca River at the Intake Station, is diverted to culverts that siphon the water by gravity to the water filtration plant at Pasonanca Park.
The small intake dam at the Pasonanca water shed does not store water because it is not an impounding dam.
According to Macasiar, since the construction of an impounding would be costly, he would favor the construction of a mini dam to store up additional water for consumers.
Macasiar suggested that such a project should have a counterpart fund from the City Government.
City Councilor Milabel Velasquez, who was one of those invited to the project presentation of the Zamboanga City Water District, said that even during the heavy downpour last October 15, wherein practically most of the nearby barrios in the city came under water, there is not enough water stored at the water treatment plant.
Even with the rains, no water flows from out of her faucet at Talon-Talon barangay, Velasquez said.
Velasquez is a resident of the barrio, which in the East Coast and has a population of some 19,000 residents. JEA
(October 23, 2003 issue)
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