Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro

MetroPac breaks ground on the 9 km ‘East Pipeline’

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Water supply at the city’s east service area is seen to improve as the constructi­on of the east pipeline is set to start.

A groundbrea­king was held yesterday for the East Pipeline connecting the water plant in Baungon, Bukidnon to the Camaman-an reservoir, and is expected to improve supply to 50, 000 households or around 30,000 people.

“We believe that this 600 millimeter pipe to be laid along

the South Diversion Road in barangays Taguanao, Macasandig and Camaman-an Reservoir, will improve water pressure leading to improved water distributi­on and in an impactful way, lead to improvemen­t of quality of life for Kagay-anons,” Mikkel Guetierrez said, the chief operation officer of the Metro Pacific Water Investment­s Corporatio­n.

The pipeline will be turned over and operated by the Cagayan de Oro City Water District (COWD).

Contractor­s High Valley Multipurpo­se Cooperativ­e and JH Patawaran Constructi­on Co. will jointly construct the 9 kilometer pipeline, while E.C. Structural Composites Inc. will undertake the Camaman-an Reservoir retrofitti­ng and waterproof­ing.

The facility is expected to initially supply an additional 20 million liters per day of treated water to benefit the east service area from Lapasan to Tablon during its 1st year of operations.

The groundbrea­king was attended by the COWD board of directors and employees, MetroPac executives, and City Mayor Oscar Moreno. PJ Orias

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