Consumers are urged to conserve water as Metropolitan Cebu Water District's surface water facility faces a water production deficit of at least 29,000 cubic meters per day (CMD) due to the ongoing dry spell caused by El Niño. Production has dropped across various surface water facilities, affecting portions of Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, and Talisay.
CONSUMERS are urged to conserve water as production at Metropolitan Cebu Water District’s (MCWD) surface water facility reaches critical level, losing at least 29,000 cubic meters per day (CMD) due to the ongoing dry spell caused by El Niño . That’s 4,000 CMD more than what the water district reported last March 5, 2024.
In a press conference held at the MCWD’s surface water facility in Barangay Jaclupan in Talisay City on Wednesday, March 13, MCWD chairman Jose Daluz III said the water district faces a water production deficit, affecting portions of the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, and Talisay. Daluz said the reductions have occurred across various surface water facilities. In Jaclupan and in the mountain barangay of Lusaran, Cebu City, production has dropped from 30,000 CMD to 20,000 CMD, while production at the Buhisan Dam has fallen to 4,000 CMD from 6,000 CMD. Under normal circumstances, MCWD produces 301,000 CMD, but production is down to 272,000 CMD
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