The Davao City Water District appealed for more time to enable its crews to set up an integrated water treatment facility that is expected to produce 8,000 cubic meters of water daily for Barangay Cabantian hopefully by year-end.
Lawyer Bernard Delima, DCWD spokesperson, yesterday said the water district has been able to drill two wells in nearby Indangan with a daily production of 4,000 cubic meters each.
“We are working on a design that will integrate a water treatment system because unlike the water of Tamugan (that only needs chlorination), the water that we are drawing from both wells is yellowish.”
He said the quality of the water is fit for human consumption but would still need treatment because of its color.
“Once commissioned by year-end or by the first quarter of 2018, the two wells will augment the three existing production wells for a total 15,000 cubic meters daily production,” he said.
He said the total output will be more than enough to meet the water requirements of Cabantian that stood at 10,000 cubic meters daily.
Delima said that by 2019, the Tamugan bulk water project would be more than enough to address deficits in water requirements elsewhere in the city.
He said that regarding the septage treatment system, the DWCD will heed the suggestion of the city council’s committee on environment headed by Councilor Diosdado Mahipus to consider the development of sewerage system instead.
The other day, the City Council indicated it would conduct an inquiry on what it termed as ‘lingering water crisis in Barangay Cabantian,’despite the promise of the Davao City Water District to address the problem.
Mahipus in his privilege speech said that inquiry will determine why the DCWD has failed to provide enough water for the barangay for nearly a decade now.
“The inquiry will ferret out the truth about the severe water shortage in Cabantian and other areas in Davao having the same experience,” Mahipus pointed out.
