Sanitation code for ‘ATM’ machines

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Operators of purified water vending machines in Mandaue City will soon be required to follow sanitation standards based on an ordinance being deliberated upon by the Mandaue City Council.

The Mandaue Water Sanitation Standards of 2013 passed first reading in yesterday's council session.

The ordinance applies to operators of automated water vending machines or automated tubig (water) machines (ATM) on roadsides and neighborhood stores.

Customers drop one to five peso coins into a coin slot before the ATM dispenses water in pre-measured amounts.

They can either use small plastic bags provided in the ATM or fill up their own containers.

The ordinance is in compliance to the Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water and the Provisions as provided by Presidential Decree 856 or the Code of Sanitation of the Philippines, said Councilor Emmarie Ouano-Dizon.

She said water vending machines have become lucrative, but are also a source of health concern after doubts were raised on its quality.

Tested and certified

She said these vending machines and water refilling stations should be tested and certified as sanitary before it is deployed in remote locations around the city.

“Bacteria can proliferate especially if the water is stocked for a long time and exposed to heat, so it is necessary to have the water tested to avoid water-borne diseases,” she said.

Ouano- Dizon is also batting for the rehabilitation of the city's aging and defective water pipes to avoid the entry of pollutants. Reporter Jucell Marie P. Cuyos
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Bacteria --- ew!

[Remedy99]

Unsay pama agi para ma kwaan og permit katong mga naay ATM tubig tubig machines? pls reply o di bakaha pmed mo pls

[Rakizta]

nice move , apila sad na og inspect nang namaligya og ice water ha

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Buy and drink at your own risk,
I think they could not check the water quality daily.
and of course the vendors will only think about selling and profits.

[Rakizta]

sakto na move sad ni para sigurado limpyo og di makadaut ang giinom na minreal waters in atm

[kit_cebu]

here goes...tax and pressure the poor and eat and drink with the rich...

simplest form of "gagmay'ng negosyo, initan."

ikaw ba yan, Nature Spring, hiding under the excuse of sanitation excuse?

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and of course the vendors will only think about selling and profits.

while you're at it, please include the Tobacco industry...

[kit_cebu]

and oh yeah...
e-cigarrettes are dangerous....says Fortune Tobacco Corporation....

water-fueled car technology....is nowhere to be found now....probably thanks to the oil industry's press group...

[iBerg]

btaw, maytag ila pd apilon ang mga ice water sa mga sidewalks gi baligya

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Tested and certified

She said these vending machines and water refilling stations should be tested and certified as sanitary before it is deployed in remote locations around the city.

“Bacteria can proliferate especially if the water is stocked for a long time and exposed to heat, so it is necessary to have the water tested to avoid water-borne diseases,” she said.

Ouano- Dizon is also batting for the rehabilitation of the city's aging and defective water pipes to avoid the entry of pollutants. Reporter Jucell Marie P. Cuyos
Cebu Daily News | Cebu's Only Independent Newspaper

i do hope the government could provide more details to their sanitary certifications. specially the price of certification through media para walay isog2x sa pricing ug walay under the ground sa mo inspect.


and yes.. ice water should be included on the process. para dili unfair.