Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Iloilo News Archive Description An account of the resource News, old and new, about Iloilo Province Subject The topic of the resource Iloilo Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ILOILO City – Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW) has taken proactive steps to address the water supply shortage brought about by the on-going preventive maintenance services by one of its bulk water suppliers, deploying 30 water tankers, 180 stationary tanks in areas experiencing intermittent water supply to ensure that residents and businesses have access to water during this period. MPIW also implemented revised water supply window schedule starting October 14 to ensure customers have available water on a certain hour of the day while the preventive maintenance is conducted. Angelo David Berba, MPIW’s Chief Operating Officer, held a meeting on Wednesday with Acting Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon and several department heads at the City Hall. During the meeting, MPIW presented its action plans currently being implemented to mitigate the impact of the maintenance activities on affected residents and ensure that water supply is provided to critical areas. These initiatives aimed at reducing the inconvenience caused by the temporary water shortages and maintaining service reliability for the city’s population. MPIW’s water tankers with varying capacity from 7-18 tons conduct more than 100 trips per day to more than 150 water injection points located in strategic areas within the city. Apart from the water delivery though water tankers and stationary tanks, Berba announced in a press briefing that water network adjustments were implemented to equitably distribute available water to all its customers on a certain period of the day. The adjustments ensure that 40-50 million liters per day (MLD) water supply from one of its bulk water suppliers, Metro Iloilo Bulk Water (MIB) located in Sta. Barbara, will be redirected to affected areas during their water supply window schedule. However, factors like aging pipes, illegal connections, household motor pumps, and high non-revenue water or water losses may cause slow water pressure to build up which can cause delays in water availability during the scheduled supply window. “Our operations team pro-actively monitors water pressure and conducts emergency network calibration in areas with low pressure to no water and to ensure water availability for customers during their supply window,” read MPIW’s advisory. In a separate interview, Vice Mayor Ganzon praised MPIW’s swift action in aiding barangays affected by the water shortage. “Water is a basic need of our constituents. We met with the MPIW to discuss further on how we can activate additional mitigating measures to address this situation,” Ganzon said. For his part, Berba emphasized the current water shortage is temporary since the normal water level is around 75 to 79 million liters per day. “But because of FloWater’s one-week preventive maintenance, it would result in a 40 percent reduction of supply in Metro Pacific Iloilo Water,” said Berba. Berba added the hardest-hit area due to the water supply issues is the City Proper district, primarily because it is a low-lying area and located at the end of MPIW’s water network system. He emphasized that MPIW has eight (8) on-going pipelaying projects in the city to date to address this issue and will be groundbreaking the desalination plant by end of the year which can provide additional 60-65 MLD water supply to Iloilo City. Low-lying areas are more vulnerable to water pressure problems, making them more susceptible to experiencing reduced water supply or even no water at all during maintenance activities. FloWater Resources Inc., one of MPIW’s bulk water suppliers, shut down its water treatment plant to conduct repair and maintenance activities from Oct. 14 to 21. The preventive maintenance aims to ensure its maximum plant operations, hence improving efficiency of water supply delivery which in turn will help further improve our water service delivery to Ilonggo communities. Flo Water assured Metro Pacific Iloilo Water that the water supply will resume as early as Saturday, October 19. Citation Citation of the article Dalipe, G. ( 2024, October 18). ‘WATER RELIEF’: MPIW deploys 30 water tankers, 180 stationary tanks, Panay News, 1&2. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘Water relief’: MPIW deploys 30 water tankers, 180 stationary tanks Description An account of the resource ILOILO City – Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW) has taken proactive steps to address the water supply shortage brought about by the on-going preventive maintenance services by one of its bulk water suppliers, deploying 30 water tankers, 180 stationary tanks in areas experiencing intermittent water supply to ensure that residents and businesses have access to water during this period. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dalipe, Gerome IV. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.panaynews.net/water-relief-mpiw-deploys-30-water-tankers-180-stationary-tanks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Panay News</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Panay News Incorporated Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 18, 2024 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Subject The topic of the resource Water-supply Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW)