CEBU CITY – The Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) has taken over the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) in an effort to address non-revenue losses and the impact of the El Niño phenomenon.
LWUA said its Board of Trustees headed by Ronnie Ong approved
and adopted Board Resolution No. 35 allowing the water body’s partial
intervention in MCWD for six months.
The partial intervention includes the appointment of a new Interim Board of Directors for MCWD by the LWUA management through its new administrator, Jose Moises Salonga.
Ong also told the Philippine News Agency that taking over the
MCWD would address non-revenue losses incurred over the years. He said the
water district had losses of 20.34 million cubic meters (cu. m) in 2020,
followed by 24.542 million cu. m in 2021, and 29.481 cu. m in 2022.
“Siyempre pinapatupad po natin ang utos ni Presidente
(Ferdinand) Marcos Jr. dahil sa El Niño. Alam natin ang spread ng MCWD sa dami
ng served communities, apat na highly urbanized cities at apat na,” Ong said.
He said losses incurred due to non-revenue water could be
attributed to old pipelines carrying supply from pumping stations to the
households, human factors such as mismanagement, and failure to upgrade
systems.
The takeover would also examine the three projects worth P235
million red-flagged by the Commission on Audit for not following the
procurement law, according to Ong. (John Rey Saavedra)
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