Camiguin Water vows to improve, develop sustainable water supply

CAMIGUIN - The Camiguin Water Company (CWC) has partnered with Camiguin Integrated Water System Cooperative (CIWASCO) to provide sustainable water infrastructure solutions in the island.

“A total of P600 million during a 30-year contract will be invested for the development and expansion of water services and sanitation management in the province,” said CWC General Manager Danvir Mark Farnazo.

He said that in their first 10 years of operation, about P275 million is set for water source development, asset and non-revenue water management programs and service coverage expansion.

Farnazo said CWC is close to completing a water system which will provide potable water to over 4,000 residents in the villages of Tupsan Pequeno, Catohugan, and Hubangon in Mahinog as well as Tupsan Grande in Mambajao.

He said CWCS service level commitments include reliable, 24/7 access to water, improved water pressure to at least 8 psi, and distribution of safe and potable water supply compliant to the Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water to the consumers.

“CWC also commits to implement non-revenue water (NRW) reduction program ensuring sustainable water supply for the Camiguinons. Without water infrastructure developments, we have projected a supply gap of XX million liters per day by 2031 due to system losses and unmaintained pipelines.”

“We will be investing 16 million to reduce the current NRW of 47% to 20% in 10 years, which translates to improved water pressure and expansion of service coverage benefiting more than 8,000 households in Camiguin,” Farnazo said.

CWC, he added, has also allotted P173 million for rehabilitation and modernizing CIWASCO and waterworks’ facilities such as water sources, reservoirs, transmission and distribution pipelines as well as provision of chlorinators to ensure water potability, water production meters, and replacement of customer meters.

“Our objective is to turnover a modern and well-maintained water infrastructure to the Camiguinons after our 30-year project,” Farnazo said.