THE DCWD EL NIÑO

EFFECTS MITIGATION
PROGRAM
 EL NIÑO
routine climate pattern that occurs when sea surface temperatures in the
tropical Pacific Ocean rise to above-normal levels for an extended period of time

■ warmer than average surface temperature

■ prolonged dry season
■ way below normal rainfall conditions
weak El Niño
February to
July 2019
last week of April
DAVAO
Major source is
CITY
groundwater 150 to
200 meters below
ground level
 GROUNDWATER
RESOURCE
■ Not immediately affected
by dry spell

■ Serves as natural buffer

against EL Niño
 STATUS QUO
How is Davao
City’s water
supply?
224,000 service connections
MALAGOS
PANACAN
CALINAN
9% experience low water
pressure to no water
CABANTIAN

not due to water supply

shortage RIVERSIDE

BUT DUMOY
TUGBOK

situated in locations with

high elevation LUBOGAN

far from DCWD’s production

facilities TORIL
 SCHEDULED
•service improvement EMERGENCY
works •repair of damaged
•scheduled power pipelines
interruptions •emergency power
•preventive maintenance interruption
works and tapping of •breakdown of facilities
realigned pipes

DCWD commits to restore water service the

soonest possible time
THE DCWD STRATEGY
 DCWD STRATEGIC GOALS
■ Exceed by 25% the projected water demand covered by available resources
■ Sustain quality and supply capacity of water sources
■ Improve operational efficiency
■ Ensure a satisfied customer base

FOUR-POINT OBJECTIVES
■ Guarantee water supply availability
■ Enhance system efficiency
■ Manage customer demand
■ Strengthen inter-agency collaboration
 MANAGE WATER SUPPLY AND
DEMAND BALANCE

308,370 224,247
CUBIC METERS
per DAY
> CUBIC METERS
per DAY
WATER SUPPLY WATER DEMAND
 OBJECTIVE I
Guarantee Water Supply
Availability
Secure the Source
■ Integrated Watershed Rehabilitation Program – maintain abundance in supply of
surface and groundwater source
REHABILITATION AND MONITORING AND COMMUNITY
MAINTENANCE EVALUATION EMPOWERMENT
tree planting and parenting and Capacity building and
forest and water monitoring
sustainable practices in the information campaigns to
and protection
watershed partner comunities
■ More than 25 years implementation

1993 Malagos Watershed Oldest water supply

1993 Mt. Talomo-Lipadas Watershed Most of groundwater sources are located
2005 Mt. Tipolog-Tamugan Watershed Future surface water source is situated
■ Long-term and sustainable strategy to prevent water supply problems considering
that dry spell with long duration may reduce the recharge from surface water and
precipitation that replenish the groundwater sources
Increase Production Capacity
■ Davao City Bulk Water Supply Project of DCWD in partnership
with Apo Agua Infrustructura, Inc.
– Additional 300,000 CMD
– Shift dependence to surface water
– Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater
■ Service Expansion / Improvement of Water Supply System
– New groundwater sources
– Rehabilitation/upgrading of existing groundwater sources
– Construction of storage facilities
– Distribution network expansion and improvement

2019 17,480 CMD

2020 31,000 CMD
2021 24,000 CMD
 OBJECTIVE 2
Enhance system efficiency
Lessen NRW, Increase Water
for Customers
■ Implement strategies to curb down Non-Revenue Water (NRW)
– Pressure management
– Active leakage control
– Efficient leak repair through Caretaker Approach
– Pipeline and Asset Management
– District Metered Area Establishment
■ Reduced NRW by 2.45% from 2017 to 2018
■ Establishment of DMAs all over DCWD’s distribution networks
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
29.89 27.44% 25% 25% 24% 23% 22%
Improve Sources with Declining Yield
■ Regular monitoring and checking of all production
capacity of wells and provide interventions to wells with
declining yield
■ Preventive Maintenance Servicing
– Maintains the facilities in good condition
– Prevent massive damage
– Reduce operational cost due to expensive repair
expense
– Reduce downtime leading to water loss
■ Most facilities that underwent PMS have increased their
capacity in liters per hour
 OBJECTIVE 3
Manage Customer Demand
 Manage Water Demand
■ Calls for public support to control water usage to practical
levels
■ Promote alternative water sources and the Rainwater
Harvesting Ordinance
■ Be always prepared by having stored water for emergency
use
■ Report pipeline leaks and illegal connection to DCWD
right away to minimize water loss
 OBJECTIVE 4
Strengthen inter-agency
collaboration
Strengthen inter-agency collaboration
■ Building strong networks among the local government units, local government
agencies, non-government organizations, and all sectors
– Watershed Management Council
– Davao River Water Quality Management Area Governing Board
– regular city-initiated disaster preparedness coordination meetings.
■ Focus on water resource protection and disaster preparedness
■ Be at the forefront in preparing for and solving water related concerns
Annexes

STRATEGIES
WATERSHED REHABILITATION AND
MAINTENANCE
RIVERBANK REHABILITATION
ADOPT-A-SITE PROJECT
NURSERY ESTABLISHMENT AND
MAINTENANCE
REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE
SUSTAINABLE UPLAND FARMING AND
BACKYARD GARDENING
DCWD INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION TARGET OUTCOME
R E H A B I L I TAT I O N A N D M A I N T E N A N C E
 Reforestation of open and brush lands with tree and fruit tree  Improved vegetative cover in the project areas,
species and rehabilitation of denuded and sloping areas using mitigated effects of climate change, and sustained
agro-forestry schemes and riverbank tree planting in Mt. water sources and carrying capacity of recharge
Talomo-Lipadas Watershed areas
 Mitigated further soil erosion and damage in
 Community-based protection and stabilization of riverbanks
riverbanks, thus lessening turbidity and sedimentation
and easements from soil erosion, landslides through planting
in rivers
of suitable riverbank tree species
 Foster community participation
 Increased stakeholders ' awareness and involvement
 Multi-sectoral participation in rehabilitating and protecting the  Augmented funds in caring the environment
watersheds thru monetary donation to subsidize project cost  Additional income of partner occupants and People’s
Organization
 Sustained supply of plantable materials for DCWD
 Forest and fruit tree seedlings and wildlings for the
watershed rehabilitation projects, communities, and
rehabilitation projects in the three watersheds
school institutions
 Secured watersheds, maintained bunkhouses and
 Repair, maintenance and improvement of various watershed informed visitors and neighboring communities that
facilities and structures contributed to less incidence of illegal activities in the
project sites.
 Capacitate and encourage upland farmers in support to the  Ensured healthy community through support to basic
Watershed Code of Davao City, Organic Agriculture Ordinance daily needs to carry out rehabilitation and
of Davao City, and Food Always In The Home or "FAITH“ maintenance activities in the upland
 STRATEGIES DESCRIPTION TARGET OUTCOME

M O N I TO R I N G A N D E VA LUAT I O N
 Knowledgeable partner people's organizations and
 Regular monitoring and evaluation of projects and annual other stakeholders on the status and outcome of
GENERAL MONITORING AND
year-end evaluation and planning by project area together projects implemented
EVALUATION
with concerned stakeholders  Recognized watershed protection and rehabilitation
best practices implemented
 Equipped IP Forest Guardians to assist in the forest
 Foot patrol and monitoring of Forest Guardians composed
FOREST AND BIODIVERSITY / biodiversity protection and enforcement of
of partner People’s Organizations to protect and
PROTECTION environmental ordinances thus decreasing illegal
sustainably manage the watersheds
activities in the project areas

 Monitoring of Davao City’s 4 major rivers and tributaries

 Monitored major rivers for data base and
that serve as recharge zone of the City's aquifer through
SURFACE WATER QUALITY MONITORING monitoring of extreme results as basis for project
collection of surface water and sediment samples for
implementations
laboratory analysis

 Empowering communities to be proactive in water resource 
COMMUNITY-BASED WATER QUALITY
protection and preservation thru establishment of Water
MONITORING
Guardians who will monitor communities’ water sources
Capacitated LGU and WG in addressing water-
related concerns in their communities ie. leaks,
water-borne diseases, etc.

B U I L D I N G T H E K N O W L E D G E - B A S E O F T H E C O M M U N I T Y

 Well-informed communities on the environmental

 A platform to disseminate information and campaign and
INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND law and issues for an intelligent decision and
encourage participation of stakeholders to foster
COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS action.
partnership in watershed protection and rehabilitation
 Decreased illegal activities in the watershed areas

Source: Community Relations and External Affairs Department

 2019 INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Additional Water
PROJECTS
Supply (MLD)
Dumoy WSS
1. Pipeline improvement from junction Puan along Talomo Rd. to Davao-Cotabato Rd. 5.45
Cabantian WSS
1. Cabantian PW No. 2 well rehabilitation using chemical method .93
1. Cabantian PW No. 3 with water treatment facility .82
Panacan WSS
1. Panacan PW No. 3 rehabilitation using chemical method 1.22
1. Panacan PW No. 1 temporary facilities 1.70
Toril WSS
1. Toril PW No. 3 and Toril Reinforced Concrete Ground Reservoir (RCGR) No. 2 construction with
pipelaing of transmission / distribution lines
3.27
2. Toril PW No. 1 and 2 reconstruction
3. Toril WSS SCADA system
Binugao WSS (new)
1. Binugao PW No. 1 and Binugao RCGR No. 1 construction
2. Pipelaying of distribution line to Binugao Proper, Curvada Lizada, and Brgy. Sirawan along Davao 4.09
Cotabato Rd.
TOTAL 17.48 MLD
Source: Engineering and Construction Department
 2020 AND 2021 SOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Additional Water Supply
PROJECTS (MLD)
2020
 Cabantian PW No.1B  Indangan PW No.3
 Calinan PW No. 1  Riverside PW No.3
 Calinan PW No.3  Talandang PW No.1 ± 31
 Dumoy PW No.37  Tugbok PW No. 9

2021
 Dumoy PW No. 41  Lubogan PW No. 5
 Gumalang PW No. 1  Tugbok PW No. 10 ± 24
 Lubogan PW No. 4

TOTAL ± 55 MLD

Source: Engineering and Construction Department

 DCWD NRW REDUCTION STARTEGIES
PROJECT
Pressure Management –management of
system pressures to ensure sufficient and
efficient supply
Active Leakage Control – monitoring of network
flows on a regular basis for early leak detection
and repair
Efficient Leak Repair through Caretaker
Approach - fast and efficient leak repair
Pipeline and Asset Management – network
rehabilitation of old, dilapidated, deeply buried
and encroaching private properties
District Metered Area (DMA) Establishment -
monitoring system flow and pressure,
prioritizing leakage control works, and
determining level of leakages through flow and
pressure analysis during night hours
Source: Pipelines and Appurtenances Maintenance Department
BENEFITS IN PLACE
 reduce leakages and bursts  63 Pressure Regulating
 ensure efficient and equal distribution of water Valves
 stabilize the supply network  145 Pressure Monitoring
 improve service to customers Stations
 daily monitor the distribution network pressure
 10 leak detection
 detect and repair non-surfacing leaks
personnel
 faster response time in repairing leaks
 Four leak detection teams
 immediate repair of leaks reducing the leak runtime
lessening the volume of water lost
 24 Caretaker Teams
 improve leak response time from 89.56% in 2017 to
96.75% in 2018
 lessen leak occurrence  Replaced 9.2kms of pipes
 faster repair of leaks as pipe embedment is no longer too  Comprehensive Mainline
deep Replacement Program
 easily localize leaks location especially non-surfacing leaks
 improve targeted leak detection activities
 lessen response time for leak repair
 detect water theft easily  38 existing DMAs
 improve control and management of network pressure
 provide tool for active water loss control