TUPV installs Solar-powered Water System in Pontevedra; launches Training Workshop

JUDE ANGELO V. GONZAGA

the project benefited their local government’s efforts in enhancing and expanding a sustainable local water system to provide safe and potable drinking water in rural communities.

Alonso emphasized that 164 households in the barangay benefited from the project, and the constriction of financial limitations to budget the initiative impaired the existing improvement and expansion of barangay water systems under the activities of the municipal’s Local Development Investment Program.

“We consider this project with TUPV as an opportunity for our local government to replicate such [an] innovative undertaking with the other barangays in Pontevedra,” Alonso denoted as institutional efforts paving the way for greener opportunities.

“Through this project, we realize the importance of shifting to the use of renewable energy sources in operating our barangay water systems, considering the escalating cost of electricity,” Alonso added.

A training workshop, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Bacolod Marapara, was consequently conducted 17 days later and directed 30 local residents of Brgy. Buenavista Rizal on an 80-hour training to be equipped with skills in line with the installation of the solar-powered water distribution system with programmable water tender equipment.

“Likewise, we are thankful to TUPV, through Dr. Eric Malo-oy and his team, for the provision of technical