At the onset of the Philippine summer, we set out to support Puerto Princesa City’s backyard gardening initiatives during the COVID-19 lockdown that began in mid-March. As we tilled the parched earth in our neighbors’ backyards, we realized there was little water to hydrate the gardens. In summer, there’s insufficient water for bath, laundry and dishes, let alone for vegetable plants.
Hermogenes Chua of the Municipal Economic Enterprise and Development Office (MEEDO) said Sunday that the disturbance of the main lines is causing low pressure to sometimes no water in nearly a thousand households in these barangays.
The passing of the amendment to change the water rates on February 3, said co-author and councilor Nokel Galan, was aimed at getting water services better.
