Apo Agua Infrastructura Inc. (AAII) general manager Ones Almario has appealed to the public for the inconvenience and impending traffic expected to ensue during the pipe laying set to commence in October this year for the Bulk Water Project.
The 60- kilometer treated water pipeline will start from the water treatment facility and end in DCWD’s five existing water systems Dumoy, Calinan, Tugbok, Panacan and Cabantian as well as three additional new water systems in Talandang, Mandug, and Indangan.
“In the next coming months or weeks we be starting our pipelqyong activities to the residents, customers humingi ksmi ng paumanhin everything will cause disturbance in the streets and traffic may ma-annoy or ma-late. We really cannot avoid causing disturbance. Konring paumanhin lang po,” Almario said.
AAII, a joint venture company between Aboitiz Equity Ventures and J. V. Angeles Construction Corporation (JVACC) is currently progressing the construction of the P12.6-billion bulk water supply project, which will deliver 300 million liters per day (MLD) to Davao City Water District (DCWD) when fully operational.
The major works being conducted by JVACC, the project engineering, procurement and construction contractor are in two separate sites in Baguio District. In Barangay Gumalang, excavation works are ongoing for the different structures within the water treatment facility. In Brgy. Tawantawan preparation works are ongoing for the construction of the weir, which will allow for the water to flow through without obstruction and divert a portion of the water towards the project’s pipeline.
Almario said they will maximize the available time allowed by the city and Barangay local government units to perform their construction activities.
Apo Agua began its three-year construction phase with engineering design works in 2018 and is targeting to start operations by first half of 2021.
“The project is a 300 million liters (or 300,000 cubic meters per day) per day water treatment system to be supplied to the DCWD. Right now Davao City is heavily reliant on ground water source,” he said.
Meanwhile, DCWD will build reservoirs, rehabilitate existing pipes to be ready for for delivery when the bulk water project start operating.
The project, which will source water from the Tamugan River, will also have a small hydro-electric plant to power the water treatment facility.
