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Davao City Water District (DCWD)

DCWD: A Pioneer in the Water Supply Industry

When the LWUA-WD concept was hatched in the early 70’s, DCWD was among the first water districts formed in the country by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 198, otherwise known as the “Provincial Water Utilities Act of 1973”. Back then, the district only had around 3,000 connections. Today, it has over 160,000 active connections that serve 57.87% of Davao City’s population, making it the biggest water district outside Metro Manila.


Being the biggest, however, does not make one the best. Through the years, DCWD has proven that it can lay claim to being both. Time and again, it was honored with numerous citations, awards and accolades by colleagues and supporters in the local, national and international scenes for the technical and institutional contributions it has rendered. Foremost among these were the prestigious “Most Outstanding Water District” (Very Large Category)” award given by the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) in 1995 and 1996, a feat which DCWD repeated in 2000 and 2001. In 1997, the Asian Development Bank’s Second Water Utilities Data Book ranked DCWD number one among 50 water utilities in the Asia Pacific Region, sharing equal glory with Singapore and Johor Bahru of Malaysia. Just recently, the Philippine Association of Water Districts (PAWD) recognized DCWD as the “Best Performing Water District” (Very Large Category) in 2007. Its Regional Training Center has also been recognized as the “Most Outstanding RTC” in 2005, 2006 and 2007 for its exemplary performance in serving the training needs, not only of its own employees, but also those of other water utilities all over the country. Because of its unselfish sharing of expertise and resources to other water districts, DCWD was once named by LWUA as “Godfather Water District” in 1984.


As a pioneer, DCWD is among the first ones in the water supply industry to fully computerize its billing, collection, meter reading and history, payroll, new service connection application, human resource information, stock inventory, accounting, procurement, and vehicle maintenance. Its geographic information system (GIS) has been reinforced and improved to meet the growing requirements of its service area. It also invested in automating data collection on the volume of water produced, monitoring of water level and keeping track of the current of the motors through a system known as SCADA, acronym for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition.


As an official steward of Davao City’s water resources, DCWD is taking an active stance in promoting environmental protection through its Adopt-A-Site Project, community-based watershed rehabilitation, environmental monitoring of water resources and community relations within watershed communities. The strategy is to evoke the participation of the community for greater chances of success in sustaining the quantity and quality of Davao’s water resources for future generations.


From all the indications, DCWD has truly come of age and gone a long way from its humble beginnings.


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Products / Services
Water supply services
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Contact Information

Mr. Alfonso E. Laid, CPA
Asst.General Manager-Administration
E-Mail Address: dcwd@davao-water.gov.ph

Mr. Ariel Noble
Division Manager - Corporate Planning Department
E-Mail address: dcwd@davao-water.gov.ph
Mailing Address: Km 5 J.P. Laurel Ave.Bajada Davao City
Telephone Number: (082) 221-9400 local 206
Fax Number: (082) 226-4885

REFERENCES
www.davao-water.gov.ph

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