According to the Metropolitan Cebu Water District data, Barangays Mambaling, Sawang Calero, Pasil, Ermita, Santo Niño, San Roque, Tinago, Tejero, Carreta, Mabolo, and Kasambagan in Cebu City are already experiencing saltwater intrusion.
She said they are monitoring their extraction of water daily to ensure they do not over-extract; however, there are private well owners who do not do the same. “MCWD’s average total production is 270,000 cubic meters per day from 141 wells and private suppliers, covering approximately 33 percent of the total water demand of Metro Cebu. The low coverage is due to the unforeseen rapid increase in demand for potable water driven by urbanization, economic growth, tourism, in-migration and steady population growth in Cebu,” she said.
He said groundwater source is susceptible to saltwater intrusion because the more one pumps water from the ground the more seawater enters the aquifer.He said that as an archipelago surrounded by seawater, it is “practically limitless” to tap it as a new source of potable water.
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