The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) started sampling water quality in public schools in Cebu City to ensure students have clean drinking water when school opens next month.
This aims to help schools take corrective measures if harmful bacteria is detected in the faucets, said Charmaine Rodriguez-Kara, MCWD public affairs manager.
The water sampling activity in schools is MCWD’s contribution to Brigada Eskwela 2015.
Banilad Elementary School was the first school to be tested.
MCWD’s senior chemist Michelle Cortes and senior laboratory technician Bienvenido Perialde checked and took water samples at the water faucets in the hand washing area and the feeding area of the school.
They also placed disinfectant in the mouth of the faucets.
Results of the water samples will be released after five working days.
Banilad school principal Lily Ann S. Go said the school buys mineral water for drinking.
But she said she appreciated the water sampling because they still use tap water during the school’s feeding programs.