The San Juan City local government launched on Saturday, June 17, its cycling campaign aiming to promote water conservation and increase the residents' knowledge about the adverse effects of the El Niño phenomenon. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora spearheaded the bike ride dubbed as “Ang Tubig ay Buhay” Biking Parade together with other cyclists from San Juan City, which started at the Pinaglabanan Shrine. “Our ‘Ang Tubig ay Buhay’ water conservation drive seeks to create awareness about the importance of taking care of our most precious resource, this is also to encourage everyone to do their part in saving water especially now that the threat of El Nino looms in the country”, Zamora said. The city government used cycling as an effective way to disseminate information among San Juaneños, especially those living in small barangays, as proven during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic wherein it launched multiple bike rides called "Bisikleta para sa Bakuna" to promote vaccination against the virus. He expressed his call to conserve water through his Executive Order No. FMZ-148 issued last May 5, which incorporates water conservation into the Wattah-Wattah Festival on June 24. This means there will be no dousing of water on passersby and motorists during the celebration. "Ngayon pa lang po ina-announce ko na na ang magiging selebrasyon ng ating Wattah Wattah Festival sa June 24 ay isang selebrasyon kung saang mapapakita din natin 'yung paggamit ng tubig ay bibigyan namin ng kahalagahan. Ibig sabihin we will have a celebration that is not connected with water consumption (Today, I am already announcing that the celebration of our Wattah Wattah Festival on June 24 will be a celebration that will show how San Juaneños give importance to the proper use of water)," Zamora said. "In short, wala po tayong magiging basaan na nakasanayan ng mga nakaraang taon. Ang gagawin po natin ay ang Basbasan sa Makabagong San Juan na ginawa po natin noong kasagsagan ng Covid-19 kung saan ang ating patron na si San Juan Bautista ay inikot natin sa kabuuan ng lungsod upang basbasan ang ating mga mamamayan (In short, there will be no dousing of water that has become our tradition in previous years. We will instead hold our Basbasan sa Makabagong San Juan which we had done during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. In Basbasan sa Makabagong San Juan, our patron saint, St. John The Baptist, will be paraded around the city to bless our citizens)," he added. In Metro Manila Council (MMC) meeting on Thursday, June 15, Zamora, who is also the president of the MMC, urged the public to be responsible in using water and to recycle it as part of the country's efforts in mitigating effects of the El Niño phenomenon to the society. "Ang nakikita po ay kailangan talaga nating magkaroon ng water conservation and recycling. Ibig sabihin, kung sa basura eh nagre-recycle and nagre-reuse tayo, sa paggamit ng tubig po ay dapat ganun din. Dapat mag-recycle at mag-reuse po tayo ng tubig (What I'm seeing right now is the need for us to have proper knowledge on water conservation and recycling, which means that if garbage can be recycled and reused, then we should also do the same with water. We have to recycle and reuse water)," Zamora said.