PGMA’s P38 M water system project at Calicoan Island nears completion

By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
January 25, 2009

TACLOBAN CITY  –  President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s P38 Million water system project for Calicoan Island at Guiuan, Eastern Samar, is about to be completed, Mayor Analiza G. Kwan informed the Philippine Information Agency.

The project is being implemented by the Local Water Utilities Administration which is a government owned and controlled corporation mandated by law to promote and oversee the development of water supply system in the provincial cities and municipalities outside of Metro Manila.

The water system is in support of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s Super Region Program.

Mayor Kwan said that Calicoan Island in Guiuan is included as one of the tourism destinations which will be developed and promoted in the Super Region Program of President Arroyo. Region 8 belongs to the Central Philippines which is envisioned by the President as the Tourism Center of the Philippines.

Calicoan is the main tourist destination of the municipality, Mayor Kwan said. Thus, it is important that a water system is put in place.

The water system has tapped the water source at Barangay Gahoy in mainland Guiuan since there is no available water source in the island, Mayor Kwan said.

The P38 Million project when completed will benefit seven barangays, four barangays at Calicoan Island and three other barangays from the source towards Calicoan.

From the source at Barangay Gahoy, the water system project which is 19 kilometers in length will pass through Barangay Sapao and Barangay Taytay towards the four barangays in Calicoan namely, Pagnamitan, Baras, Ngolos and Sulangan.

This is a fulfillment of President Arroyo’s thrust to have a faucet in every home, a glass of clean and safe drinking water in every dining table and a population untouched by water-borne diseases.