Title: The Old Man’s Long Wait for Water is over

A grandparent of several kids, Mr. Manuel Orcine from Dugcal, Camaligan joyfully announced that his long wait for water is over when the Metropolitan Naga Water District (MNWD) tapped their water service connection to the newly interconnected waterline right from his home.

Mr. Orcine’s happiness does not end at having water from the faucet because this water service will also lessen the family’s expenses for water from P50.00/day or P1,500.00/month delivered by private water Lorry Trucks to 1 cubic meter/day consumption equivalent to more or less P425.00/month, calculated during the staff visit last week of April.

Likewise, the hassles of fetching from the water lorries will be eliminated as water will come right out of the faucet inside the house.

This 2,015 linear meter waterline with a 100mm pipe diameter installed along the barangays’ main road extends up to Barangay Sua, Camaligan.

This joint project was made possible thru the Local Government Unit of Camaligan headed by its resourceful Mayor, Hon. Marilou M. Hirose, utilizing funds from the Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat Program (SALINTUBIG) and Grassroots Participatory Budgeting Program 2014 of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

The project was provided with technical expertise and labor counterpart by MNWD pursuant to Board Resolution No. 76, Series of 2015 while the necessary materials, pipes and fittings were supplied by LGU-Camaligan.

The SALINTUBIG is one of the government’s main action in addressing the plight of Filipino households in the 455 municipalities nationwide identified by the National anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) as waterless areas whose access to safe water is less than 50%, wherein the LGU Camaligan was one of the beneficiaries.

The Program aims to contribute to the attainment of the goal of providing potable water to the entire country and the targets defined in the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016 Millennium Development Goals (MDG), and the Philippine Water Supply Sector and Sustainable Sanitation Roadmap.

For new water service connection applicants, residents of Barangays Dugcal and Sua, Camaligan, please feel free to contact 24/7 telephone numbers (054) 473-2040/ 473-8438 or Smart and Globe cell phone numbers 09196486369, 09274635596, respectively. Visit our website: mnwd.gov.ph or at MNWD office located at 40 J. Miranda Avenue, Naga City.

Clean water for you. (L-R photo) Pipelaying along the main road of Barangays Dugcal and Sua, Camaligan; MNWD personnel taking water sample for bacteriological testing to assure the potability before it is opened for public consumption.

(Top to bottom, counter clockwise) The newly installed water service connection at Lolo Manuel Orcine’s home at Dugcal, Camaligan; Lolo enjoys water directly drawn from the faucet; with more time bonding with one of his jolly grandchildren. MNWD not only provides clean water but happiness, too.