Impending Water Crisis??

[Monseratto]

Magtipid na kayo...

600,000 households hit by water cutoff


Maynilad Water Services scored a "unilateral" decision by another state-owned utility National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) to cut water supply from Angat Dam resulting in water shortage in some areas west of Metro Manila, ANC reported Saturday.

"Wala po kaming natanggap na abiso. Akala namin sa December pa po babawasan ang raw water supply from Angat Dam (We have not received any notice. We thought raw water supply from Angat Dam will be cut by December)," Jess Matubis, Maynilad’s vice-president for corporate communications said.

Matubis said that about 600,000 households or six million residents in Quezon City, Makati, Valenzuela, Parañaque and Manila were affected by the water shortage.

He said NAPOCOR made a sudden move to cut water supply from 41 cubic meter per second to only 39 pending a decision on the matter by the National Water Resources Board and water regulator Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System.

MWSS, however, denied Matubis’s claims noting that it has been a week since it notified the east and west zones concessionaires on the cutback in water supply.

NAPOCOR generates its water supply from Angat Dam. Earlier reports said that Angat Dam’s water level almost reached its critical mark of 180 meters.

On November 11, however, the dam’s water level reached 201 meters from its 194-meter mark due to the downpour of rain brought about by typhoon Queenie.

MWSS said the cut in water supply was a preparation for El Niño, a crisis the country is expected to experience starting March next year.

[Horsepower]

nung isang araw pa kami nawalan ng water! I have to travel more than 16Kms just to take a bath!

[tsupermario]

dapat i-merge ito sa ihi thread :twak:

[shadow]

nung isang araw pa kami nawalan ng water! I have to travel more than 16Kms just to take a bath!

san location niyo sir? heard it sa news last nite, west zone daw ang affected? ano areas ba ang west zone?

[Horsepower]

Quezon City po sir not sure about the areas in west zone

[Monseratto]

Sa may Ongpin-Sta Cruz area 2 days na walang tubig. Yung areas that fall under Maynilad are the ones that affected. Buti bahay namin is serviced by Manila Water.

[oldblue]

payback time na si nature.

[GasJunkie]

Expect water rationing during summer???




:fly:

[xoom]

buti na lang di pa umaabot dito sa antipolo problemang yan. sarap dito, sumisirit, pumipilandit at rumaragasa (pang-tabloid ba hehehe) ang tubig dito 24/7. ooooppppssss, knock on wood, baka mausog.

[Airwalk]

sheeessh nothing new to me. since we started living in q.c. its been like that! malakas pa ihi ng anak ko e.

[CVT]

Dito sa SouthMM,- compromised na raw ang underground water table dahil sa dami ng deep wells.....

:starwars:

[oldblue]

Dito sa SouthMM,- compromised na raw ang underground water table dahil sa dami ng deep wells.....

:starwars:

sabi nga lulubog na daw dyan parang sa navotas

[niky]

For the past few years, my wife's family has been enjoying the loss of rationing here in Murphy, Cubao (used to have water only until 10pm)... but the water went off suddenly last night, then came back on...

Oh well... one benefit of living in Laguna is that we get our water out of the ground. Was inconvenient after the Typhoon... no electricity, no water from our electric pump... but in most other cases, it's nice not to have to worry about it.

[shadow]

Dito sa SouthMM,- compromised na raw ang underground water table dahil sa dami ng deep wells.....

:starwars:

kasi di nila mapigilan dahil wala talagang mapagkukuhanan tubig dito sa south kundi yun deppwell lang...
meron akng question, diba dito sa muntinlupa meron ng maynilad? san nangagaling yun tubig deepwell din kinukuha?

[AnuVaYan]

May balita ba kung hanggang kailan walang tubig? Dati kapag nawawalan, nagkakaroon naman ng mga ilang oras para maka ipon, kaso ngayon 3 days straight nang wala.

May mga nag ra-rasyon dito, actually hindi rasyon, kasi walang limit kahit gaano kadami ang igibin mo, kaya naman madalas ubos na kaagad ilang bahay pa lang ang nakinabang. Saka malayo sa amin ang pila, pag dating namin doon mahaba na pila

[shadow]

May balita ba kung hanggang kailan walang tubig? Dati kapag nawawalan, nagkakaroon naman ng mga ilang oras para maka ipon, kaso ngayon 3 days straight nang wala.

May mga nag ra-rasyon dito, actually hindi rasyon, kasi walang limit kahit gaano kadami ang igibin mo, kaya naman madalas ubos na kaagad ilang bahay pa lang ang nakinabang. Saka malayo sa amin ang pila, pag dating namin doon mahaba na pila

san ba area mo?

[AnuVaYan]

Quezon City po.

[shadow]

Virtually all of Maynilad's customers in Muntinlupa and Cavite province rely on deepwells for their water supply as they are still not connected to the central water distribution system.
---from maynila website..

so deepwell pala nanggagaling ang water supply ng muntinlupa and cavite, so hinde sila affected ng water shortage...

[claRkEnt]

Maynilad Water Services scored a "unilateral" decision by another state-owned utility National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) to cut water supply from Angat Dam resulting in water shortage in some areas west of Metro Manila, ANC reported Saturday.

Other area na medyo kulang sa water supply could have been brought about by different reason...

[j_avonni]

It's time to use the waterless urinals and to regulate the carwash businesses.

SAVE WATER BEFORE IT RUNS OUT.