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Pinget piggeries near watershed to be demolished
BAGUIO CITY – Water
supply of piggeries and septic tanks within or near Buyog Watershed here are
polluting water distributed by the Baguio Water District to residents,
according to Baguio Water District officials.
Following this, Mayor
Mauricio G. Domogan ordered city government department heads, Department of
Environment and Natural Resources and Pinget barangay officials to demolish 42
piggeries because of sanitary violations like in not constructing septic tanks
for proper disposal of waste from said piggeries.
During recent meeting
with members of United Pinget Homeowners Association, barangay officials and
representatives of concerned government agencies Jan 24 , the local chief
executive said it was agreed piggeries within the Buyog watershed installed by
members of the association which occupy areas which is part of what is proposed
to be segregated from the watershed will be removed 15 days from said date of
meeting.
He said it was also
agreed that residential buildings that do not have septic tanks or with septic
tanks but did not comply with CBAO design and specifications will have to
comply within 15 days from the date of said meeting and failure to comply will
cause demolition of said buildings.
Last Feb. 7,
representatives of CBAO, BWD, DOH, DENR and barangay officials inspected
buildings and piggeries of the UPHA to check compliance to earlier agreements.
However, results of
the said multi-agency inspection showed 42 homeowners maintain piggeries and
from the said number of homeowners, two have ongoing constructions of septic
tanks; 21 have not constructed septic tanks and 19 have existing septic tanks
but not in compliance with CBAO design and specifications.
“We have no recourse
but to direct the concerned offices to demolish the structures that did not
comply with our previous agreement and likewise remove the piggeries. The
concerned offices are directed to issue notice to involved parties on time and
date they will implement said directive,” Domogan said.
Earlier, engineer
Salvador M. Royeca, BWD general manager, wrote Domogan seeking his intervention
in making UPHA members and residents of Buyog watershed comply with previous
directive of removing the piggeries and construct water-tight waste water
disposal system in accordance with CBAO designs and specifications.
Royeca said removal of
piggeries and structures that do not have the appropriate septic tanks is in
accordance to programs of the water district in ensuring safe drinking water
for residents of the city.
Domogan appealed to
concerned Pinget residents to voluntarily comply with what was agreed upon,
especially removal of piggeries, and for building owners to ensure installation
of appropriate septic tanks to prevent contamination of the water supply being
sourced from the Buyog watershed. -- Dexter A. See
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