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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Monday, June 12, 2017
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BACOLOD City – Rep. Greg Gasataya wanted regulatory agencies to check the supply of water districts across the country.
Gasataya was not satisfied with the plans addressing water shortage that Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) presented during a forum two weeks ago.
He said he will file a resolution at the House of Representatives asking the Local Water Utilities Administration to look into the water districts’ sources.
He hopes to “once and for all know the policies of concerned national agencies [with regard to] water [supply] problems.”
While his main concern was Bacolod, the congressman stressed that water shortage is “a national concern.”
Water districts may be required to submit a report to a House committee. If the situations are unlikely, stringent measures must be applied, said Gasataya.
During the forum at city hall, Baciwa promised that their bulk water supply project will start three months before their deadline.
Under its contract with the Bacolod Bulk Water, Inc. (BBWI), the project was supposed to begin in October, but Board of Directors Chairman Lorendo Dilag vowed to deliver bulk water to consumers by July.
And while waiting for the bulk water supply project, the water district will drill six additional wells that will augment its 60 existing wells, General Manager Mario Macatangay told the forum on May 26.
Gasataya was confused. “Why can’t Baciwa use its existing water sources instead of drilling additional wells?”
He also wondered why Baciwa “engaged in a bulk water supply project when they already have a water source.”
Gasataya said his resolution will also ask the National Water Regulatory Board to clarify whether or not Baciwa is allowed to have its “water rights” used by the BBWI for the bulk water supply project./PN
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