The Davao City Water District pointed to its pipe realignment as the main reason why there is a water interruption in the city.
But now that the realignment is 100 percent completed, the DCWD is looking forward for the operation to normalize, according to Jovana Cresta T Duhaylungsod, deputy spokesperson of DCWD on January 20, Saturday.
She said that as of Saturday, the booster pumps at the Dumoy water supply system are back in full operation. She said another reason of the water interruption is the tapping and interconnection of pipes—a component of the Apo Agua Bulk Water Project—-was also done so that DCWD will no longer conduct a separate water interruption.
“Ang mga tapping works and interconnection works finished earlier around five o’clock in the afternoon to seven o’clock in the evening on January 19. The realignment and tapping at the Diversion road was completed around 11:30 o’clock in the evening,” she said
She said that they have also cemented the areas where they conducted their pipe tapping and interconnection.
The areas that still don’t have water are the elevated areas in Buhangin, Sasa, Pampangga and Lanang areas and these areas are their priority in water delivery.
Some areas of Buhangin, Cabaguio and Publacion areas already receive water but the water coming from their faucet is only small amount, and some in elevated areas still don’t have water however DCWD is positive that they will not go over the timeline they have given unless there will be no untoward incident or emergency like major line leak.
“The duration we have set for set c until 10 tomorrow and on set b which is scheduled until Tuesday already includes the recovery period. So our expectation is that these areas will have supply of water anytime tonight (January 20) or early tomorrow (January 21) however they will still experience low water pressure to no water during peak hours that is why in our announcement it was stated until Tuesday,” she said.
