MANDAUE CITY, Cebu -- The Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) is considering the possibility of buying desalinated water to address the gap between its current supply and the actual demand of consumers
The Metropolitan Cebu Water District plans to buy desalinated water as a measure to address the gap of water supply and demand within its franchise area. | CDN Digital file photo
At present, MCWD only produces 240,000 cubic meters of water per day from 138 wells and private suppliers.In an advisory, MCWD said that they were looking for at least three suppliers of desalinated water.They want the third supplier to be based in Consolacion town. The MCWD franchise area includes the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Talisay and Lapu-Lapu and the municipalities of Consolacion, Liloan, Compostela and Cordova.
MCWD said in its advisory that the procurement of desalinated water “will be done through competitive bidding” as mandated by“The desalinated bulk water supply contracts will have a validity of 25 years and each of the three winning suppliers from the three areas must be able to supply 10,000 cubic meters of water in the first year and 25,000 cubic meters in the succeeding years until the contract expires,” a portion of the advisory read.
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