Annual Report 2009 - LWUA

Annual Report 2009and Evaluation Divisions have effected theimplementation of 53 projects, 17 of which havealready been completed. The rest of these projectswill mostly be commissioned in 2010. Total cost ofcompleted projects reached Php 138.8 Million whiletotal cost of on-going projects (under construction)amount to Php 766.55 Million.Total funding for on-going and completedprojects is estimated at Php 0.905 Billion. Shouldall the on-going projects be fully funded untilcompletion, still there is the need for Php 1.70 Billionto fund the project that are yet to be started withready Programs of Works.Area Operations Mindanao hasoperational coverage over the entire geographicalas well as political regions and provinces inMindanao. The Mindanao area is divided into three(3) operational areas: Area 7, Area 8, and Area 9,each Area fitted with separate units for planning anddesign works (Project Planning Division) andconstruction works (Project Monitoring & EvaluationDivision).For CY 2009, AO-Mindanao completed149 Programs of Work with a total estimated cost ofPhp 3,123.06M. There were 25 construction projectscompleted worth Php 137.70M and 15 on-goingprojects worth Php 173.37M at various stages ofconstruction. In addition, Operations Mindanaocompleted three (3) well drilling projects, each Areaaccounting for one (1) drilled well.For year 2009 Special Project Office(SPO) completed four (4) exploratory/productionwells for water districts amounting to an estimatedbillable cost of P3,407,936.00 and various wellrehabilitation projects amounting to P653,000.00 fora total of P4,060.936.00.The completed well drilling projects wereundertaken for the water districts located in: MetroNaga (Camarines Sur) WD – one (1) Well;Camalaniugan (Cagayan) – one (1) well; and AngelesCity WD – two (2) wells. The exploratory well forCalamaniugan (Cagayan) was abandoned due topoor aquifer potential.Well rehabilitation works, namely downthe-holecamera logging and airlift development weredone on four (4) wells of Metro Naga WD. The loggedwells are in San Felipe II, San Agustin, Canamanand Paco II. Airlift development was completed forthe wells located in San Felipe II and III, Del Rosarioand Carangcang.Camera logging and pumping tests werealso done to rehabilitate the well in Hacienda Doloresof Porac WD in Pampanga.As of the end of the year, there are five(5) on-going well drilling projects, one (1) well eachof Calamba (Laguna), Meycauayan (Bulacan), Tagum(Davao del Norte), Valencia (Bukidnon) and MetroNaga (Camarines Sur) Water Districts. The totaloriginal Program of Work for these projects amountsto P8,941,900.00.Except for the Meycauayan project whichwas charged against its loan and that of the Poracproject which was funded by a grant, all these welldrilling and rehabilitation projects were self-financedby the water districts themselves.15