Friday, January 17, 2014

Eastern Iguig Agrarian Reform Community receives P3.7M PWS project

IGUIG, CAGAYAN - The residents of barangay Santa Barbara in Iguig town, province of Cagayan are the recipients of another major project, a Potable Water System (Level II) with a project cost of Php3,709,000.00 funded under the Department of Agrarian Reform –Infrastructure Support Project (DAR-ARISP).  
The completed Santa Barbara Potable Water System consists of an elevated steel tank with a capacity of 22 cu.m., 1.845 linear meters distribution lines and 150 linear meters depth (deep well), 7.5 horsepower submersible pump. It will serve around 1,458 people consisting of 216 households.
The project was turned-over last December 10, 2013 by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) represented by Atty. Marjorie P. Ayson in favor of the Local Government Unit of Iguig (LGU-Iguig) represented by Mayor Juditas L. Trinidad.
Potable water (or drinking water) is water that is safe enough to be consumed by humans or used with low risk of immediate or long term harm. Previously, most of the residents of the Santa Barbara Agrarian Reform Community (Santa Barbara ARC) have inadequate access to potable water and are constrained to use sources of water that are often contaminated with disease-carrying organisms or have unacceptable levels of toxins which often cause acute and chronic illnesses and misery due to additional burden and additional expenses for medical services and medicines.
In the developing world such as the Philippines, deaths occur from diarrhea in children under 5 years old. This is aggravated by malnutrition which can decrease the children's resistance to infections, including water-related diarrheal diseases.The United Nations estimates that 6 to 8 million people worldwide die each year from water-related diseases
The provision of the Level PWS project is aimed at reducing water-borne diseases in the community, in addition to providing water for backyard livelihood opportunities such as vegetable production and other similar activities. /christiandsales


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