PRESS STATEMENT
Rep. Edcel C. Lagman
1st District, Albay
0916-6406731
22 September 2016

Rep. Edcel C. Lagman of the First District of Albay has assured that adequate water supply will come to Sto. Domingo, Albay in the short and long term, particularly to the 13 barangays which are virtually waterless due to the drying up springs.

Lagman has discussed the problem with Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy Taguiwalo who committed that she would immediately send logistical support to Sto. Domingo together with the necessary supply of bottled drinking water.

Lagman and Taguiwalo also plan the construction of a new municipal water system for Sto. Domingo, which project will be a joint undertaking by DSWD, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA).

Meanwhile, Lagman has solicited sufficient supply of bottled water from private sector donors.

Tabaco City Mayor Krisel L. Luistro will also have the city’s fire trucks deliver water to the affected barangays with a total of 5,142 households or 23,140 residents.

EDCEL C. LAGMAN