OWD to improve facilities to better service their members

ORANI, Bataan – Orani Water District (OWD) General Manager Benni Andres said they are set to improve their facilities next year to better service their members. He announced they will install Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) to effectively monitor their operation.  SCADA is a computer system for gathering and analyzing real time data.

“Even here in my office with the installed SCADA, I can monitor our operation for instance the level of our water supply in particular areas”, Andres said. The OWD general manager also said they are also scheduled to complete their pipeline network expansion next year

He added they will build another water tank with a capacity of 1,000 cubic liters in the boundary of Barangays Mulawin and Pag-asa. The storage will be a glass-fused-to-steel, which is the latest technology.

Andres announced that the bidding procedures of some of their work projects have already started. OWD has secured P101 million loan from a German financial institution and Local Water Utilities Administration.

The water district has 9,064 household members.