LWUA develops wind power for water supply

LWUA has successfully piloted the use of wind power in generating and pumping water from a deep well source for potable water supply distribution to residents and visiting tourists in the scenic island municipality of Tingloy in Batangas Bay off Mabini, Batangas. LWUA Board Chairman Prospero Pichay, Jr. said that the windmill-driven water supply project is part of the innovations he started at LWUA to institute the use of cheaper but highly-applicable technologies for water supply systems development especially for isolated and distant island or hinterland communities in the country.

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LWUA's peaks
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Since the Honorable Prospero "Butch" Pichay, Jr. was appointed to LWUA as Chairman of the Board of Trustees in September 2008, he made it clear he wanted a LWUA organization that could and would do its job, that service to the Filipino was a prime directive, that the agency would have to drive above the perceived slower pace of Philippine bureaucracy. Since then, the Agency has effected significant changes, innovations and new policies, conceptualized and implemented mostly through the Chairman's own initiatives...

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Water for Porac

In her first activity on a day-long visit to the municipality of Porac in Pampanga, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo assisted by LWUA Chairman Prospero Pichay, Jr. led the groundbreaking ceremony for the rehabilitation of the old water well and installation of water distribution pipelines in Barangay Hacienda Dolores. With them were LWUA, Porac Water District and local government officials (RTV Malacanang, 8 June 2009)

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