Dumaguete City – Metro Dumaguete Water, a Joint Venture company between the Dumaguete City Water District (DCWD) and the Metro Pacific Water (MPW), broke ground Tuesday for their first additional deep well to serve the needs of the 35,000 households in its service area.

The deep well, to be built in barangay Cadawinonan, is the first of two new wells that aims to provide an additional eight million liters per day (MLD) to the water supply of Dumaguete City. The construction of the second new well is scheduled to start next month.

Since beginning operations in February 2021, MDW has committed to adding more water sources to meet the increasing water demand in the city.

MDW Chief Operating Officer David Berba led the ceremony together with DCWD General Manager Roderick Diaz and the DCWD Board of Directors, headed by Chairman Lloyd Tenaja, at the newly-acquired 1,000 sqm lot in Cadawinonan.

Berba called the event MDW’s biggest milestone yet as it is expected to generate the biggest impact once completed. Both new water sources will have reservoirs that can each store 3,000 cubic meters of water, especially for peak hours.

“The new wells we are building will make the most difference, and once these wells begin operations soon, you will feel the improvement,” Berba said.

Based on MDW’s data, there is a water supply deficit of around 14 million liters per day in the Dumaguete service area. The two new sources will improve pressure for a target area consisting of 8000 households.

Citing the event as momentous, DCWD Chairman Engr. Lloyd Tenaja shared how the project is a big step towards the improvement of the water supply in the city. “This is the answer to a need that was felt starting in 2018,” Tenaja said.

Also attending the ground breaking rites were Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo and Vice-Mayor Karissa Tolentino-Maxino.