MIWD assures December completion of P207 M rehab projects
Residents of Metro Iloilo and neighboring municipalities that sourced out water from the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) will soon experience sufficient supply with the estimated completion of its rehabilitation projects in December.
MIWD Project Manager Jerry Guillergan said they have already completed rehabilitation efforts in Oton, San Miguel while there are undergoing projects in Maasin and Cabatuan towns and Iloilo City, City Proper district in particular.
Presently, MIWD has accomplished 87 percent of the entire project while in the City Proper the contractor has completed 70 percent of the rehabilitation works.
"There might be some spill over in January but as much as possible by December all the pipelines will be rehabilitated," he said.
The P207 million fund was sourced out from the LWUA-ADB Small Town Water Supply Sector Project that was later named into Metro Iloilo Water Supply Improvement and Rehabilitation Project.
It started in October last year and the MIWD was given 18 months to complete the implementation of the plan.
The project includes the rehabilitation of old pipelines, which were erected in 1926. Guillergan said the leakages from the old pipelines resulted to great system losses on the part of the MIWD.
As soon as the project is completed the MIWD targets to serve some 37,000 residents. At present it now serves some 24,000 Metro Iloilo residents.
Those who live in areas where the rehabilitation was already completed will now enjoy a surge in water supply.
(PNA)