MCWD chair: We lack gensets, we wait for Visayan Electric power

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) is still lacking generator sets to power some of its pumps, which is why they can only wait for Visayan Electric’s reenergization to increase their output. Lawyer…

MCWD tells Cebuanos to conserve water

Doris C. Bongcac 04/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –  The Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) is asking Cebuanos to start conserving water following a drop in their water supply due to the dry season. In a Facebook post on Wednesday morning, April…

New chairman shows the path forward for MCWD

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —With the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) facing supply shortage issues, the new board is poised to pursue several strategies to develop additional water sources.  The new chairman of the board, however, ruled out…

Ursula affects water supply in most of Metro Cebu

Doris C. Bongcac 12/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The weather condition had already improved in Cebu City and the rest of Metro Cebu. But Cebuanos in this part of the province are faced with another problem—water supply shortage. The Metro Cebu…

Despite rains, MCWD’s surface water supply still not enough – Kara

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/28/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The Mactan Island station of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services (Pagasa) has recorded an average rainfall volume of 188.5 millimeters for the month of October. Pagasa said that the Metro Cebu’s rainfall…

8-hour water interruption in Cebu ‘ a disaster’ —Bañacia

Rosalie Abatayo 09/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Eight hours without water is a “disaster.” This was the reaction of Nagiel Bañacia, head of the Lapu-Lapu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (LCDRRMO), to the announcement that parts of Metro…

MCWD: Jaclupan Dam backs to its normal level, Buhisan Dam to recover by end of July

Futch Anthony Inso 07/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines―Here’s a bit of good news regarding Cebu’s water supply. The water supply production in the Jaclupan facility of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has now returned to the normal level of 33,000 cubic…

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