Group to tackle problem of drainage in the north
THE worsening flood problem in the north of Cebu City has prompted residents to organize a multi-sectoral group that has started work on a design for a drainage system, wastewater treatment and a “water park.”
The group is called the Banilad-Cabancalan-Talamban Communities Drainage Committee, and headed by Fr. Peru Tayag, SVD. Tayag is the University of San Carlos (USC) Talamban campus administrator.
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The group also includes as members San Miguel Corp., Metropolitan Cebu Water District, Maria Luisa State Park developer MRO Development Corp. and the Sto. Niņo Village Homeowners’ Assocation.
Technical assistance is being provided by the USC-Water Resource Center (WRC) headed by Engr. Fe Walag.
The committee is formulating a drainage plan for Barangays Banilad and Cabancalan in Mandaue City and Talamban in Cebu City, which are affected by flooding during downpours.
Blocked sinkhole
“We aim to come up with a detailed engineering study that will be ready for implementation,” said Tayag at a meeting with members yesterday.
He said water from elevated areas seeks its own level and normally drains into rivers, but water flow in these areas has changed because of development projects constructed in the area throughout the years.
The USC-WRC, in 2002, had recommended the protection of the wetland in Cabancalan.
The Cabancalan sinkhole, which is located behind the Sto. Niņo subdivision near the USC Talamban campus, used to function as a catch basin for runoff water, but this has become heavily silted and is now blocked or sealed off.
Architect Socorro Atega, who said the project will also address the quality of water in the Cabancalan sinkhole, will prepare the plans for the proposed water park.
Tayag said that with the scope of the entire program, the cooperation of the affected communities is needed.
The committee has yet to find funding for the project.
Estimated cost
The ongoing planning and design process is estimated to cost P1.9 million and the committee has, so far, raised pledges for half the cost.
The services of several experts, including a hydrologist, sanitary and wastewater engineer, a landscape architect, an environmental planner, civil or structural engineer and an economist, are needed.
The project the committee aims to accomplish for its planning and design includes a survey of existing drainage systems and routes of proposed drainage, identification or validation of proposed sites for detention ponds that will hold water runoff and topographic survey of these ponds and identification of drainage easements and rights
of way.
The WRC, which serves as the group’s secretariat, will conduct a hydrology study to determine the volume of floodwater in the catchment areas during various downpours.
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