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BARANGAY HOTLINE. Barangay chairpersons in Dumaguete City receive cellphones from the Metro Dumaguete Water on Monday (Sept. 12, 2022) for their individual hotline numbers. The barangay hotline project is for reporting water leakages, emergencies, crimes, and other concerns. (Photo courtesy of MDW) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW) has handed over mobile phones to the heads of this city's 30 villages under its barangay hotline project which is seen to speed up reporting and taking action on water woes, crimes, and other concerns. MDW is a joint venture of the Dumaguete City Water District (DCWD) and Metro Pacific Water and has taken over the operations of the DCWD, upgrading and rehabilitating this capital city's water supply system. Kate Young Ricardo, the spokesperson of MDW, told the Philippine News Agency on Wednesday that the barangay hotline project is now up and running following the turnover of the cellular phones on Monday during the Liga ng mga Barangay
MORE WATER WELLS. Dumaguete Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo (right) joins city and Metro Dumaguete Water officials in the groundbreaking of the new pumping station and reservoir project in Barangay Camanjac. Two new deep will be built this year to address the city's 14-million liter a day of water deficit. (Photo courtesy of Metro Dumaguete Water) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW) is building two more pumping stations with deep wells to address the water supply deficit of 14 million liters a day here. MDW spokesperson Kate Young Ricardo told the Philippine News Agency on Wednesday that the two pumping stations will be built in Barangays Camanjac and Talay. "These additional deep wells will serve the needs of 35,000 households in their service areas," Ricardo said. The first to be built is the Barangay Cadawinonan pumping station, scheduled to start next month, she added. "The other reservoir will also follow soon so that MDW can accomplish its target of p
WATER SUPPLY. This undated photo shows one of the generator sets of the Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW) in its pumping station in Barangay Bajumpandan in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. On Wednesday (March 22, 2022), the MDW reassured its clients of uninterrupted water supply despite ongoing power outages and a low power voltage from the Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative II. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW) on Wednesday reassured its clients served by seven pumping stations here of uninterrupted water supply amid an unstable electrical supply or low voltage by the Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative II (NORECO II). Current intermittent water interruptions are in areas served by Pumping Stations 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, and 2A. "There could be less pressure at certain times of the day due to the unstable power, but we assure our clients of uninterrupted service because all of these pumping stations have their own generator sets," said Ka