By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff Reporter
Batac
City—Mayor Jeffrey Jubal Nalupta disclosed
that high ranking officials visited this city recently to study the water
problems here.
Nalupta said Maynilad proposed
the study on the water problem here especially the unserviceable areas.
After the study, Maynilad said
they would come up with possible solutions in three to four months.
The mayor said he accepted the
proposal, primarily for the city government to learn how to improve water
distribution here. He added that water is one of the perennial problems in the
city.
If the solutions presented are
acceptable, Nalupta said they would accept them and prepare a public-private
partnership.
Nalupta related that this would
be one way to welcome private entities more so if the local government unit or
even a government-owned or controlled corporation (GOCC) could not financially
shoulder the project that is expected to benefit the people.
Aside from Batac, Maynilad also
visited other municipalities in the province for the same purpose, according to
Nalupta.
Relative to this, the mayor said
the city government also expressed its support to the Batac Water District
(BWD) by giving them interest-free so they could give better service.
He said that the city government
also delivered free pipes that were laid along Barangay Baay, which was earlier
requested to the city to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
for the waterless communities.
Nalupta believes that BWD is also
doing their best to give better water services to the public but during dry
months, they are having a hard time stabilizing water supply.
With the coming in of Maynilad, Nalupta
hopes that solutions to these problems would lay down a better and quality
water service for the city. He related that these problems have started dating back
to his childhood.
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