Cabuyao, Laguna---A P125-million project for the upgrading and expansion of the water supply system of this town to be funded and technically assisted by the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) will be formally launched in a groundbreaking ceremony this Friday, January 29, 2010.

Jointly leading the ground breaking rites are LWUA Board Chairman Prospero A. Pichay, Jr., Cabuyao Mayor Isidro Hemedes, Jr. and the officials of the Cabuyao Water District (CWD) headed by Chairman Adel Chung and interim General Manager Engr. Jun de Castro, also of LWUA.

The project will be funded by LWUA with a P100 million loan coming from the LWUA Water and Energy (WE) Bank and another P25 million fund from the national government through the Non-LWUA Initiated Fund program.

Once completed, the project will benefit residents in ten barangays of Cabuyao, namely Bigaa, Butong, Marinig, Pulo, San Isidro, Banlic, Mamatid, Banay-banay, Gulod and Baclaran where 75 percent of the town population lives.

The project will involve the development of water sources, construction of pumping and water storage facilities, installation of transmission and distribution pipelines and individual household connections.

Currently, the Cabuyao Water District is just covering 5 percent of the town population with its existing 1,900 water service connections.

With the implementation and completion of the project, an additional 30,000 families in the ten barangays mentioned stand to benefit from expansion of the water system and services which will assure the supply of adequate, safe and affordable water on 24/7 basis.

The project is part of LWUA's ongoing massive water supply program intended to modernize the provincial water supply systems and improve the access to clean drinking water especially of the poor and still waterless communities in pursuit of the PGMA Administration's vision and priority legacy program on water.

January 29, 2010