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Friday, June 30, 2006
Top city official cites need for water-recycling system
ZAMBOANGA City Vice Mayor Beng Climaco has cited the need to come up with a water recycling system as a means to help ensure a sufficient and continuous water supply for the next generation.
Based on present practice, the vice mayor observed that most residents use potable and clean water for cleaning and washing cars, toilets, and other parts of the house including buildings, watering plants and other domestic chores.
"We should consider now, especially during the rainy season, the setting up of a catchment's area so that rainwater could be recycled for other purposes," the vice mayor said.
In other countries like Germany, the water firm has set up catchment's areas to use rainwater for cleaning stadiums and other chores, according to Climaco, who met with a German couple-Gerhard and Ivy Stetter in the city recently.
The Stetters, together with Climaco and Mayor Celso Lobregat, had dinner with officials of the Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) where the possibility of studying a system for water recycling was tackled.
Climaco said with the continued denudation of forests and the lack of sustainability of reforestation campaigns, the need to conserve water is urgent.
In Germany, she said, people have realized that drinking water might not be available in the next few years, thus, the implementation of the water recycling system.
Meanwhile, the vice mayor said people should advocate for conscientious use of water.
Water is a basic need of the people therefore it should be conserved so that sufficient and continuous water supply is ensured for the next generation and the other generations to come. (SE)
(June 30, 2006 issue)
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