Mandani Bay, Mandaue LGU ink Tipolo Creek rehab plan
Mandani Bay and the Mandaue City government have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the implementation of the technologybased rehabilitation project of a portion of Tipolo Creek in the city.
This came after the company’s successful Tipolo Creek Environmental Management and Public Market Application Project that started two years ago.
Mayor Luigi Quisumbing and Reclamation Area manager Marvin Soco, represented Mandaue City at the signing ceremony held at the Mandani Bay Show Gallery last September 19. For Mandani Bay, the company’s project director Gilbert Ang, and project adviser Jeffrey Lun were the signatories.
Tipolo Creek, which runs through the commercial area of the city, receives solid and liquid wastes discharged from the Mandaue City Public Market and informal settlers along its banks, which are then emptied into Mactan Channel.
Ang said: “Mandaue is our home. Both Tipolo Creek and Mactan Channel are significant natural features of the Mandaue environment. HTLand is taking this project, consistent with its brand promise of creating ripples that will resonate towards contributing to a better life for the community that we are a part of.”
The MOU involves the production of mud balls, containing a mix of lactic acid, yeast and phototrophic bacteria that are seeded into strategic points along the waterway. This mixture restores the water’s selfpurification abilities by eliminating pollution-fed bad bacteria that kill beneficial micro-organisms.
Mandani Bay will provide training for volunteers who will work in the production of the mud balls, and also the production facility, materials, vehicles, and safety gear for the volunteers.
Mandaue LGU will assign volunteers from its City Environment and Natural Resources Office to ensure that the production team meets implementation targets and coordinate with the Environmental Management Bureau of the DENR for monthly water quality tests.
The Tipolo Creek project is envisioned to reduce air and water pollution in Mandaue. It is part of Mandani Bay’s growing list of community betterment initiatives.