ACWD asked to coordinate projects with village execs
ANGELES CITY — A councilman in Barangay Sapang Bato here appealed to the management of Angeles City Water District (ACWD) to coordinate its ongoing projects with the village officials.
Councilman Ricardo Bong Lansangan issued the statement in reaction to reports that the ACWD already restored the water supply in the area which was affected by water shortage from February to June this year.
The councilman told SunStar Pampanga that an ongoing project of the water district has affected thousands of residents.
The barangay official lamented that about 2,000 residents at Purok 6 are still experiencing water shortage despite the completion of the ACWD’s P10-million water pumping station last June 10.
According to Lansangan, they are still experiencing intermittent water supply interruption. “We are just wondering why our water service does not reach 24 hours.”
He also urged the ACWD, headed by its general manager Reynaldo Liwanag, to tell the real situation in their village.
Liwanag earlier announced that the ACWD has already solved the water crisis in the area following the completion and commission of the pumping station with a capacity of 12 liters per second which can supply more than 1000 households.
ACWD has been procuring bulk water from the Clark Water to provide water supply in Barangays Sapang Bato and Margot.
But the reduction by half of water supply coming from water facility in Clark last February has resulted to the water shortage in the two villages affecting more than 20,000 residents.
The ACWD also constructed a separate pumping station in Barangay Margot which was commissioned last month.
Liwanag said the two pumps can provide water supply to more than 2,800 concessionaires in Margot and Sapang Bato.
He said that the ACWD spent around P20 million for the construction of the two pumping stations.
Four months ago, the Angeles City council declared a state of calamity in the two barangays following the water crisis.
Liwanag assured the city council that their pumping station projects will be completed and the water supply will be restored in the area in four months.