Stock up on water, Cebu residents told

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/07/2015

In anticipation of tomorrow’s school opening in all levels, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) urged its consumers to store enough water. “For owners of dorms, boardinghouses and apartments, as part of your climate change adaptation, please…

MCWD to test schools’ water

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/22/2015

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 …

Upland folk told to use drums to store water

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/14/2015

Residents of Cebu City’s upland barangays were told to procure containers and hoses to ration water from mobile water siphon tanks provided by the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD). “The MSTs operate 24 hours a day. What…

Conserve water, public urged

Nestle L. Semilla 04/21/2015

The  El Niño and summer heat is taking its toll on water production. The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) called on the public to conserve water due to low water production in its  water facility in Jaclupan,…

Cebu City Jail, CPDRC ensure water supply for inmates

Apple Ta-as, Nestle L. Semilla 03/18/2015

Both the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) voiced concern over their water supply since repairs on the pipes leading to their deep well in Sudlon, Lahug are unfinished. Cebu City…

Mananga 2 dam needed to avert shortage – JICA

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/30/2015

Japanese consultants suggest reviving a plan to build a second high dam in the Mananga watershed at a cost of P6 billion. This would avert a water shortage for Metro Cebu in  2030, they said, but the…

Higher water rate in January

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/01/2014

Customers of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) consumers will pay more for their water bills starting January next year. By that time, the MCWD will implement a 12 percent water rate increase after their proposed rate…

MCWD: Store 3-day water supply

Bencyrus Ellorin 11/06/2013

THE Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) purchased generator sets to ensure that pumping stations will continue to run in case of power failure during typhoon Yolanda. The contingency can provide for half of its service area. Since…

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