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LThe Ormoc Waterworks Office is a local government entity under the City Administrator of Ormoc City. The office operates and maintains Level III (metered connections) of the city. Other than metered connections, the office also develops Level II (communal water systems) for rural barangays that are outside the service area of Level III water systems and assist in the maintenance of the same.
The development and improvement of water system are in line with the thrust of the local government unit of Ormoc to provide water for all and the waterworks office is committed to this goal. In CY 2019, the annual budget was pegged at Php64, 700,000.00 that cover the operations and maintenance requirements of the office. The office was also given charge to about Php35,000,000.00 20% Development Fund intended to rehabilitate, improve, and expand the water system of the city both for Level III and Level II water service classifications.
The waterworks office is divided into five sections namely the Laboratory Section, Maintenance Section, Production Section, Metering Section, and the Planning, Construction and Development Section. These are run by highly dedicated and skilled employees of the city.
The program of this office is to provide safe and potable water to the consumers, and see to it that the microbiological, physical, and chemical quality of the water is in conformance to the requirements and criteria specified in the Philippine National Standard for Drinking Water.
To ensure the quality and monitor all Level III water source and distribute lines, and also assist Level II and Level I water source in terms of water disinfection, the office conducted a series of activities for the calendar year 2019.
| Activities | Outputs |
|---|---|
| Conducts in-house water testing for microbiological quality of water from treatment facilities, water sources, and consumers tap | Collected 428 water samples from different water sources and distribution lines |
| Daily Monitoring of residual chlorine of all water sources | Conducted 1340 residual testing from identified sampling stations |
| Directs/ Supervise the submission of water samples from various sources to accredited laboratories for microbiological, physical, and chemical analysis. | Submitted a total of 285 water samples to accredited laboratory |
| Assisted Level II water System for their water disinfection | Assisted 3 barangays namely: 1. Brgy. Don Potenciano Larrazabal 2. Brgy. Cabingtan 3. Brgy. Sumangga |
The program of this office is to provide safe and potable water to the consumers, and see to it that the microbiological, physical, and chemical quality of the water is in conformance to the requirements and criteria specified in the Philippine National Standard for Drinking Water.
The program of this office is to provide safe and potable water to the consumers, and see to it that the microbiological, physical, and chemical quality of the water is in conformance to the requirements and criteria specified in the Philippine National Standard for Drinking Water.
| Activities | Outputs |
|---|---|
| Conducts in-house water testing for microbiological quality of water from treatment facilities, water sources, and consumers tap | Collected 428 water samples from different water sources and distribution lines |
| Daily Monitoring of residual chlorine of all water sources | Conducted 1340 residual testing from identified sampling stations |
| Directs/ Supervise the submission of water samples from various sources to accredited laboratories for microbiological, physical, and chemical analysis. | Submitted a total of 285 water samples to accredited laboratory |
| Assisted Level II water System for their water disinfection | Assisted 3 barangays namely: 1. Brgy. Don Potenciano Larrazabal 2. Brgy. Cabingtan 3. Brgy. Sumangga |
The program of this office is to provide safe and potable water to the consumers, and see to it that the microbiological, physical, and chemical quality of the water is in conformance to the requirements and criteria specified in the Philippine National Standard for Drinking Water.
The program of this office is to provide safe and potable water to the consumers, and see to it that the microbiological, physical, and chemical quality of the water is in conformance to the requirements and criteria specified in the Philippine National Standard for Drinking Water.
The functions of the metering sections include but not limited to accepting and installing new water meters, resolving illegal connections and leaking, reconnection of cut-off meters, changing of old meters, changing the name of registered member, transferring of meter to new location/ line temporary cut-off of connection, and “read and billing” of registered water connections. As of December 31, 2019, about 22,651 connections are read and billed out of 22,852 active consumers by the office. About 9,128,579 cu.m. of potable water was consumed for the calendar year 2019.
Below is the summary of activities of the metering section.
| Activity | Quantity |
|---|---|
| New Installation : RESIDENTIAL | 410 |
| New Installation : COMMERCIAL | 38 |
| Change Meter | 691 |
| Resolved Illegal Connections | 42 |
| Resolved Leaking | 62 |
| Re-Opening | 798 |
| Transfer meter to new location | 188 |
| Temporary Cut-Off | 313 |
| Cut-Off | 636 |
The section continuously evaluates the needs of the system as a whole. It has submitted several proposals for implementation and submitted documents for bidding which are necessary to the water system. The highlighted accomplishments include those that are on-going and completed development projects.
This section also includes the primary task of supervising the Construction of Projects related to the Rehab/ Improvement of the existing Water System which includes the Construction of Reservoirs, Spring Boxes, Pipe Installation, and the drilling of Production Well.
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