Motiong LGU constructs P28M worth of water supply system

By NINFA B. QUIRANTE (PIA Samar)
June 8, 2007

CATBALOGAN, Samar  –  To solve decades-old problem of insufficiency of water supply, Motiong LGU has embarked on an grand-scale Water System Project costing as much as P28M.

In a talk with Municipal Planning and Development Officer (MPDO) Engr. Nick Bermejo, he said that some 4,000 Motiong folks will be assured of a steady supply of potable water all year-round.

In the past, they would just be forced to buy P5.00 water-per container to a ‘water tank vendor’, This project is expected to deliver water in the most accessible and strategic places, said Bermejo.

The source, a tributary of Nasarang falls located in the heart of Samar , though far will assure an ample water supply for all Motiong folks. The present site is still is as bountiful in water. Said water sources are found in the heart of Samar forest where rich watershed still abound.

It took them a long time to start the project, added Bermejo because of the absence of a source in their area of jurisdiction. Nasarang Falls is located in the nearby municipality of Paranas.

Their resolution to request the Paranas SB to allow them to develop the water source inside Paranas was vetoed by then Mayor Elvira Babalcon citing that even Paranasnons need water.

Bermejo said that the rejection led them to survey other possible sources, the present site is still a part of Paranas but Bermejo praised the SB for not posing anymore objections. He also added that they have secured the DENR Water resources Board.

Presently, workers are in the site putting and connecting water pipes from Nasarang to the homes of Motiong folks to satisfy man’s number one need in life-water!