CEBU CITY – With the onset of the dry season and El Niño possibly developing in the coming months, water sources in Cebu may significantly decline. With this, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) is rolling out contingency measures as it braces for a projected 43,000 cubic meters per day...
CEBU CITY – Metro Cebu residents will have to shell out more for their water bills. The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) announced that it will implement the final 10 percent tranche of its approved water rate adjustment starting April 1. The upcoming increase is part of MCWD’s first...
CEBU CITY – The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has expressed alarm over the increasing cases of water meter thefts in two towns in northern Cebu. The MCWD said that the towns of Liloan and Consolacion recorded the highest number of cases in March. From March 1 to 24, 141 incidents were...
CEBU CITY – Metro Cebu is set to have steadier water supply as Vivant Hydrocore Holdings Inc. (Vivant Water) is set to begin bulk supply of potable water to the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD). Vivant Water President Atty. Jess Anthony Garcia recently announced that the company’s...
CEBU CITY – The Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) emphasized that it is “stable” and operating “under normal conditions.” “There is no looming water shutdown, no financial collapse, and no basis for alarm,” the agency said in a statement on Friday, Aug. 8. The clarification was issued...
CEBU CITY – A cash reward will be given to informants who could help arrest those involved in stealing water meters owned by the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD). The water utility is offering the bounty amid the alarming rise in water meter theft incidents in recent months. The MCWD said...
Vivant Corp. announced that its water unit has secured a 25-year supply deal with the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) to help address Metro Cebu’s water shortage concerns. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Thursday, April 10, the company announced that Vivant Water has...
CEBU CITY – Another known personality here is willing to throw his hat in next year’s mayoral race. DALUZ (FB) Former city Councilor Joey Daluz, chairman of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District, said that if he is going to vie for a position in the city government, it should be for mayor. “If...
CEBU CITY – The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) entered into another bulk water supply agreement with a private firm to provide an additional water supply exclusively for Talisay City in a deal that was described as the start of a “better life” for the Talisaynons. The contract...
CEBU CITY -- Amid the rumblings at the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD), one of its Board of Directors confirmed that there was a proposal to privatize the water agency. MCWD Board Member Jodelyn May Seno said in a statement released to the media that a meeting between some MCWD officials and...
