Councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang lauded the Aboitiz-led Apo Agua Infrastructura, Inc. (AAII) for fasttracking the completion of the multi-billion peso bulkwater supply project (BWSP) in Davao City.
Dayanghirang told Edge Davao in a text message he has no doubt in Apo Agua management’s statement that the gargantuan water project tapping the Tamugan-Panigan river system will start operating at the end of 2021 as stated by Shake A. Tuason, Apo Agua operations head.
Tuason told reporters covering the AFP-PNP press corps weekly briefing last Wednesday that despite challenging and tight timeline situation, AAII could deliver its commitment to produce daily 300 million liters of potable water at the end of the year.
It was learned that Apo Agua, a joint venture of Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. and JV Angeles Construction Corp., has hired a total of 4,500 workers to build the project from its source in Tamugan and its 56-kilometer distribution line to meet the household, commercial and industrial water needs of at least 75 percent of Davao City’s population of close to 1.8 million, according to NEDA report as of 2020.
Dayanghirang said he has been in constant contact with Tuason and has visited the various jobsites of Apo Agua and has witnessed the progress of the construction.
The veteran city lawmaker said he has special interest in the project as the water problem of the Second District has become his advocacy as elected official for years now.
He said the hundreds of thousands of Dabawenyos residing in the Second District are eagerly awaiting the completion of the bulk water supply as it means the end of their decades-old inadequate supply of potable water.
The completion of the project would definitely enhance the growth and development of the Second District, which is now the locale of many real estate projects and commercial and industrial establishments which are mostly water intensive, Dayanghirang said. (With report from DAISY ENCABO)
