Cordova Town to Soon Have its Own State-of-the-Art Septage Plant

Cordova, a town adjacent to Lapu-Lapu city, will soon have a state-of-the-art septage plant to help address its problem on water contamination.

Cordova, Cebu Mayor Adelino Sitoy said water contamination is a big problem in his town because about one half of the town’s 12,000 households have no proper toilets.

The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) on Tuesday held a public hearing on its Septage Management Program Phase 1 for Lapu-Lapu and Cordova.

The attendees had no objection on the water firm’s proposed construction of a septage plant in Barangay San Miguel in Cordova.

Roberto Lastimoso, account manager of Envirokonsult Equipment and Services Inc., the company MCWD contracted to put up the septage facility, assured the residents the plant is environmentally-compliant.

Lastimoso said they will not operate without clearance from the local government unit, the Department of Health and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

The clearances are still under process, he said.

Lastimoso added that they hope to be operational by September this year.

Sitoy said once the septage plant is in place, at least a hundred septage tanks will be put in place in the 13 barangays in the town.

MCWD general manager Ernesto Delco said that aside from providing water to its customers, they also have a mandate to ensure that water sources are free from contamination.

Manila-based Envirokonsult will put up the facility on MCWD’s lot in Barangay San Miguel, Cordova within 12 months from the date of the contract signing.

In a separate statement, MCWD said the cost for the desludging and treatment of wastes will be paid by MCWD consumers on installment basis and will be incorporated in the water bill.

Consumers will pay P2.20 for every cubic meter of water they consumed.

MCWD assistant manager for operations Lasaro Salvacion said once the project is successful, they will proceed with the Phase 2 which is from Compostela to Mandaue City and Phase 3 from Cebu City to Talisay City. (PNA) LAP/EB/EDS