Alongside the call for action, the gravity of the water crisis has become palpable as several residents have expressed their concerns across social media platforms, where they voiced out their frustrations and the urgent need for water access.
AS MORE barangays in Metro Cebu experience a water crisis due to the ongoing dry spell, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) wants two desalination plants to start delivering water before July 2024.
The plant touted as the first utility-scale seawater desalination facility in the country is Vivant Infracore Holdings Inc.âs attempt at providing a sustainable solution to Cebuâs water crisis as it is expected to produce potable water that will satisfy the daily consumption of roughly 20,000 households.
âThe issues that were raised earlier are all about Metro Manila, but let me take everyone outside Metro Manila. Metro Cebu areaâs demand is 570 MLD and you know how much water can be supplied? 270 MLD. So, as we speak there is a shortage of 300 MLD,â Juan Eugenio L. Roxas, president and chief executive officer of FDCUI, said in a water forum hosted by Stratbase ADR Institute on Monday.
AIC has submitted an unsolicited proposal to supply the Metro Cebu Water District (MWCD) with 30 million liters per day of desalinated bulk water. It intends to utilize Keppel Infrastructureâs expertise and technologies in building and operating a desalination plant in the province wherein raw saltwater will be treated using the reverse osmosis water treatment technology to produce safe drinking water.
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