A PHP12.845 million solar-powered desalination water system to be constructed in an island barangay in the municipality of Concepcion, Iloilo will provide adequate potable water supply to 213 households.<\/p>\n
A groundbreaking ceremony for the project funded under the Philippine Rural Development Project with a counterpart fund from the Department of Agriculture and the provincial government was done in Sitio Danao-Danao of the island barangay of Polopi\u00f1a on Thursday, led by Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe islet with a population of close to 1,000 has no source of potable water. Our governor broke the ground for a pioneering project, first time that the provincial government will embark on a solar-powered water desalination water system project,\u201d said Provincial Administrator Raul Banias in an interview on Friday.<\/p>\n
The source will be the seawater which will be processed using the desalination machine that will be powered by solar power.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can produce around 11,000 liters a day, sufficient for the water needs of our beneficiaries in the islet,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Banias said that the islet has no source of potable water but during his time as mayor of Concepcion, they laid an underwater piping system from Polopi\u00f1a to Danao-Danao but on a limited scale.<\/p>\n
The project has a nine-month deadline but the provincial government has requested its completion in six months.<\/p>\n
Banias said he is sure that it will be successful because it is already being done in Singapore, Israel, and other Middle East countries.<\/p>\n
He added that Defensor is looking at replicating the project in the islands of the municipalities of Carles, Ajuy, and other waterless coastal barangays.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeawater is limitless; it\u2019s a matter of processing to be used as drinking water for the people,\u201d Banias said.<\/p>\n
Defensor, in a press conference on Friday, said that using solar as a power source is already part of the direction of the province in transitioning to renewable energy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is a big step even though it’s only one barangay. That reflects the direction of the province towards renewable energy and the technology of desalination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He added that the province has a desalination project in Baliguian Island, also in Concepcion, but it is powered by a generator.<\/p>\n
The governor also visited the province\u2019s solar-powered water system in Sitio Dagaan, a mountainous area of Polopi\u00f1a, on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The project was funded under the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project worth PHP1.145 million. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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