MCWD sets consultative meetings, public hearings on tariff adjustments

PR 07/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has scheduled this month a series of consultative meetings with local officials, from mayors to councilors and down to barangay level to apprise them and get their…

Rama asks MCWD to reconsider water rate hike

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has asked the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) to reconsider its decision to implement a nearly P10 increase in the rates of water consumption. Rama, in a statement,…

MCWD seeks P9.85-hike in water rate consumption

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/14/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Amid rising inflation, consumers in Metro Cebu may be facing the next two years with costlier water consumption bills.  This as the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) plans to impose an increase in…

RDC-7 to 12 Metro Cebu LGUs: Enter into MOA for policy enforcement of water sourcing, utilization

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 06/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Central Visayas Regional Development Council (RDC-7), last June 23, 2022, adopted a committee resolution enjoining 12 local government units (LGUs) in Metro Cebu, identified as critical areas, to enter into a memorandum…

MCWD seeks increase of water tariff

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) is seeking an increase of water fees from the Local Water Authorities Administration (LWUA).  General Manager Stephen Yee confirmed that they are now undergoing the process of proposing an…

MCWD: Water convention to bring best ideas in water management

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) General Manager Stephen Yee is hoping that the 43rd Philippine Association of Water Districts (PAWD) convention will help each district combat the challenges of providing water to the…

MCWD notes increase in water meter thefts this year

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 05/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) asked the police and the public to help them identify and report water meter thieves and buyers after the it recorded a significant increase of stolen water…

MCWD turns to desalinated water to address supply shortage

Doris C. Bongcac 05/03/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) is considering the possibility of buying desalinated water to address the gap between its current supply and the actual demand of consumers in its franchise area. At…

P1 billion septage treatment plant to rise at NRA

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/23/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Metropolitan Water District (MCWD) is set to build a new septage water treatment plant (STP) at the North Reclamation Area (NRA). It is funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)…

178K consumers now have water supply – MCWD

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More households and consumers now have water supply. The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) announced that at least 178,000 of its consumers now have running water, corresponding to 85 percent of its total…

MCWD partially restores water supply in 98 barangays

Doris C. Bongcac 01/01/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – More and more Cebuanos are now getting water from the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD). On New Year’s Eve, MCWD reported that they already managed to partially restored water supply in 98 barangays…

Cebuanos told: It’s safe to drink MCWD water

Doris C. Bongcac 12/25/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The scarcity of purified bottled water should not be a cause for alarm because water from the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) is clean and safe to drink. In an advisory, MCWD said…

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