ZAMBOANGA
CITY,
Aug. 14 (PIA) - - In pursuit of their commitment to continuously expand
water service to far flung barangays, the Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD)
and the City Government unveiled yesterday the P31.8 million Vitali water
system project, one of the numerous joint undertakings of the two agencies
since the start of the term of Mayor Celso Lobregat in 2004.
The
project will benefit 441 households or 2,203 individuals in the barangay of
Vitali and the neighboring areas. It was undertaken in partnership with the
District II Congressional office.
Mayor
Celso Lobregat together with Congresspersons Beng Climaco and Erbie Fabian and
ZCWD Board Chair Dr. Milagros Fernandez and General Manager Leonardo Rey
Vasquez will lead city, water district and barangay officials in the
inauguration and blessing rites that will take place at 10am today.
Based
on the project contract, the ZCWD’s counterpart is P24,104,439.63 while the city
government’s share is P5,299,998.82. The counterpart of the District II
Congressional Office under Cong. Erbie Fabian is P2,412,500.
The
city government and the congressional office foot the bill for the pipe laying
work while the water firm took charge of the rest of the components that included
civil work and other materials.
The
water system’s source will be surface water from the Kamalig Spring.
Mayor
Lobregat has vowed to continuously pursue partnership with the ZCWD in a bid to
bring potable and affordable water to each and every household in far flung
barangays. He stressed partnering with the water firm was the vision started by
his late mother, Mayor Maria Clara Lobregat when she was mayor from 1998 until
her demise in 2004 and continued by his administration from 2004 until present.
Last
December, Mayor Lobregat and ZCWD officials forged five agreements for the
implementation of 5 barangay water system projects that will expand water
service to thousands of households in almost 20 barangays in the city—the
latest of the stable and strong LGU-ZCWD partnership.
For
the 5 projects, the city government is spending some P48.74 million which will
cover the supplying and laying of distribution lines and other materials.
The
agreements signed include the construction/ rehabilitation/ improvement of
water system at Patalon with an estimated cost of P1.59 million; construction/
rehabilitation and installation of Cacao-Lapakan-Cabaluay water system with an
estimated cost of P2.63 million; construction/ rehabilitation/ improvement of
Tictapul-Licomo-Vitali water system with an estimated cost of P2.63 million;
construction/ rehabilitation/ improvement of Mangga
Bolong-Bolong-Bungiao-Sangali water system with an estimated cost of P5.33
million; construction/ rehabilitation/ improvement of
Dumalon-Zambales-Baluno-Capisan-Malagutay-San
Roque-Calarian-Cawit-Sinunuc-Maasin water system with an estimated cost of
P33.744 million.
Last June 7, the mayor led city government and
Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) officials in the groundbreaking rites for the
water system project in Barangay Patalon, west of this city.
Three days after last June 10, the mayor and ZCWD
officials trekked
the rugged road to Cacao in the east coast to break ground for the water system
project involving the laying of pipes of a 9-kilometer stretch area, will
benefit the residents of barangays Cacao, Lapakan and Cabaluay. Work on the
project will cover 150 calendar days with November 17, 2012 as completion date. (JPA/SC/PIA-ZBST)