The frequency of scheduled and emergency water interruptions of the Davao City Water District (DCWD) surged this year.
Jovana Cresta Duhaylungsod, spokesperson of DCWD, reported that for the 10-month period this year they have recorded 240 scheduled interruptions and 1,001 emergency water service interruptions.
“But there is a good reason behind that. Karong tuiga grabe ang pag implement nato sa atoang mga complimentary projects,” Duhaylungsod said during the AFP PNP Press Corps media briefing on Wednesday at The Royal Mandaya Hotel.
Duhaylungsod said among the reasons for scheduled interruptions is DCWD’s preparatory works for the bulk water supply project especially in its distribution management.
“We anticipate with the additional supply musaka ang pressure so we have to make sure that our pipelines are ready and atoang timpla sa operation is sakto and our monitoring is in place,” she said.
She also said that one of the compliment projects is the District Metered Area (DMA) project, which is among DCWD’s strategies to reduce non-revenue water or water loss.
“Isa sa compliment project ana is the District Metered Area (DMA) kung as a atoang i-section ang distribution network into manageable allocations para mas dali makita ang rise and fall sa pressure. This is relatively new technology,” she said.
One of the things need to be done is to install appurtenances (valves, assembly) in the water lines.
Duhaylungsod said DCWD’s implementation is massive in all of its pipelines.
“This is distribution-wide na tanan i-manage nato siya so everytime naay mahuman na DMA kailangan pud nato i-tap sa system so kailangan ta mag interrupt ug atoang giapas ang paghuman ani na proyekto in time for the operation of the bulk water supply project kay useless ang kadaghanon sa tubig kung muadto lang siya sa water losses,” she said.
She said in the scheduled interruptions the agency also implemented installations of butterfly valves, pressure regulating valves, among others.
For the 1,001 emergency interruptions these are due to leak detection efforts of DCWD.
“Apil gihapon ni sa atong pagpaningkamot na pat abot sa tubig dili lang siya mu-derecho sa bangag and the extensive leak detection has allowed us to detect minor and major pipeline leaks na dili pud puwede pasagdan. Mao tong grabe ang mga activities nato ug maobserbahan sa mga tao nga ubay ubay ang water interruptions,” she said.
