Cebu is in peril.

[cottonmouth]

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There is only one Cebu, please take care of it. This is not up to date but better be warn than sorry.

Sun.Star Cebu - FVR, Netherlands prince worry over water supply


FORMER president Fidel Ramos revived yesterday a proposal to create a pipeline that will bring water from Bohol to Cebu, as he called attention to the “pressing problem” of access to potable water.

“The expected decrease in the supply of fresh water is projected to affect more than one billion in our Asia-Pacific region by 2050, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB),” Ramos told delegates from 27 countries in yesterday’s 8th Asia-Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production.

Prince Willem-Alexan-der, the crown prince of the Netherlands, shared the former president’s views, and said that properly addressing the water problem will also broaden development.

“Water is life. There is no substitute. To achieve sustainable developments, water has to be at the forefront,” said the prince, chairman of the United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation.

“Water is a prerequisite for sustainable development. It is also confirmed in economic figures: every dollar invested in water and sanitation results in at least nine dollars worth of productive activity,” he said.

The Bohol-Cebu pipeline was first proposed 15 years ago, during the second year of Ramos’ presidency, and was meant for Cebu to tap the used irrigation water from its neighboring province.

“We wanted to put up a pipeline, a BOT (build-operate-transfer) project, from Bohol to Cebu. Both sides would clean up the water,” Ramos recalled.

He hopes the proposal will be taken up again and enforced soon, saying that maybe Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia “can do it before her term ends.”

Poor river systems and a highland configuration mean that potable water has always been a problem in the country, said the former president.

“In Cebu, you will have a big water problem, unless you will learn to cooperate with Bohol and vice versa,” he said.

Ramos explained that Bohol would not have a serious water problem because of its numerous irrigation dams. “But the irrigation water goes out into the sea after it has
gone through the irrigation process and that’s a waste,” said Ramos.

The former president, who apart from military training also holds master’s degrees in civil engineering, security administration and business, said that addressing the water problem needs to be an international priority.

One of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is to reduce by half the number of people who do not have access to basic sanitation and clean drinking water by 2015.
But “at the current rate, the world will miss the MDG sanitation target by over 700 million people,” the prince said.

In fact, the goal might not even be realized before 2026, he added.

Water pollution has become a major concern in Asia, with the growing number of people and high demand for water.

“Inadequately treated wastewater is dumped in water courses that are already stressed and polluted because some 1.8 billion people in the region have poor access to sanitation,” said Prince Willem-Alexander.

In Cebu City, water supplies have reached critical levels, with the pressing problem of saltwater intrusion and well-water contamination.

“Latest studies show that saltwater intrusion has already reached four kilometers inwards,” said architect Socorro Atega.

She cited the mismanagement of sewage and septic tanks as one factor critically affecting the city’s water supply.

However, knowing how much or how little water is left in the city would be difficult, said engineer Geoffer Gonzaga, principal engineer of the Metro Cebu Water District.

“There are so many owners of water pumps who remain unregistered,” said Gonzaga in yesterday’s Cebu City State of the Water Address 2008.

Former Department of Environment and Natural Resources secretary Elisea Gozon suggested bringing down the management of water to the local level, in order to easily monitor water consumption.

“Through this, as a medium-term goal, we’d be able to provide potable water all over the country, especially to the 432 municipalities that are waterless right now,” said Gozon. (EPB)

[mannyamador]

Hard to do something about it when this rotten government STEALS our taxes!

[cottonmouth]

Hard to do something about it when this rotten government STEALS our taxes!

Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting to you someone who has nothing in mind but complaints..tararannnnn.

Hey dude, if you don't like the goverment of the Philippines...get outta there you're not helping the country with your incessant whining.

Besides, get your sights straight. The water problem in Cebu is not cause by the government but by you, me and everybody else who didn't have any thought about the environment. There is just too much people for the small Island of Cebu to support. The Island probably is not design by the Almighty for such population. Oh, aren't you the one who do not believe in over-population?

Hey dude, get some cola and cool down. Think.

[mannyamador]

Hey dude, if you don't like the goverment of the Philippines...get outta there you're not helping the country with your incessant whining.

The convenient EXCUSE for those who turn a BLIND EYE to CORRUPTION. Yeah, get all the people, who care out so you lapdogs can continue STEALING from whoever is left.

Nuts.

Government corruption is the reason why so many service projects -- from clean water all the way to healthcare -- cannot be implemented. Population control? Hahah! Another distraction so the corruption can continue. Plus more kickbacks too.

Try thinking instead of making excuses for your stunted idol in Malacanang.

[rob123]

Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting to you someone who has nothing in mind but complaints..tararannnnn.

Hey dude, if you don't like the goverment of the Philippines...get outta there you're not helping the country with your incessant whining.

Besides, get your sights straight. The water problem in Cebu is not cause by the government but by you, me and everybody else who didn't have any thought about the environment. There is just too much people for the small Island of Cebu to support. The Island probably is not design by the Almighty for such population. Oh, aren't you the one who do not believe in over-population?

Hey dude, get some cola and cool down. Think.

Kalma lang Bro, kay g palagot ra ka ni @Manny.Basin kaliwat na siya sa kanang naay obispo taga luzon bisan g ango2x na sa katiguwang apil2x gihapon. hala ka tagdan nya ka... !!!! patawad po. Mods sori ha blind item ra man sad.

[peewee_toot]

“Water is life. There is no substitute. To achieve sustainable developments, water has to be at the forefront,” said the prince, chairman of the United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation.

sakto jd ni. we shud learn to cnserve water before it's too late.

[wng]

Why not keep an open mind and see if there really is a water problem instead of blurting out that there's corruption in the government?

Singapore is one of the countries with the least corruption. It imports potable water, which really has nothing to do with the Singaporean government being corrupt or not.

Whether we really lack water or not, it can surely help to encourage people being RESPONSIBLE citizens. To use water wisely and to take care of our environment. We take care of what we use so our descendants will still be able to use them, REGARDLESS of whether our government is corrupt or not.

[moz_k2]

Diba naa nman to katong proposed about Carmen bulk water project.
kato nalang kay doul ra.
layo bya pud ang bohol.

maybe its possible to tap the other towns of cebu with vast water supply.

[eax]

The convenient EXCUSE for those who turn a BLIND EYE to CORRUPTION. Yeah, get all the people, who care out so you lapdogs can continue STEALING from whoever is left.

Nuts.

Government corruption is the reason why so many service projects -- from clean water all the way to healthcare -- cannot be implemented. Population control? Hahah! Another distraction so the corruption can continue. Plus more kickbacks too.

Try thinking instead of making excuses for your stunted idol in Malacanang.

OT. Why man tanan i-blame adto man sa government? Para nako we should also read and understand ang speech ni JFK na "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country"

[DrE]

When you dont know any better, just blame the government. It almost makes you look smart.