WATER WOES. Metro Dumaguete Water COO David Berba shows to the media in a press briefing on Thursday (March 17, 2022) the distribution of pumping stations, reservoirs, and deep wells in Dumaguete City. The water utility firm said it will be adding two deep wells starting this year to address the water supply deficit in the city. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW) on Thursday said it will start building two additional deep wells to address the water supply deficit here. MDW chief operating officer Angelo David Berba said the MDW currently is supplying the city with 41 million liters/day (MLD) of water which is not enough to serve its clients. "Unfortunately, we have a demand gap of 18 MLD, equivalent to 18,000 households," Berba said in a press briefing. To address this deficit, the MDW will be building between 2022 and 2023 two deep wells equivalent to a total of 8 MLD daily supply, he said. A survey is ongoing for the location of