Base Data of Dipolog City Water District

Section 1. Contact Information

1.1 Contact Name:
Pablito, Santander, Paluca
1.2 Title:
General Manager
1.3 Mailing Address:
Dipolog City Water District; National Highway, Minaog, Dipolog city 7100, Philippines
1.4 Telephone:
(065) 212-2574, (065) 212-7625
1.5 Fax:
(065) 212 – 4485
1.6 Email Address:
dipcwd@mozcom.com

Section 2. Water Supply Utility General Information

2.1 Utility Full Name:
Dipolog City Water District
2.2 Utility short name or acronym:
DCWD
2.3 Country:
Philippines
2.4 Region / State / Province:
Zamboanga del Norte
2.5 Principal city / town:
Dipolog City
2.6 Type of services provided by the utility
  • piped water supply services
  • Equipment rental/lease
2.7 Type of water utility: Government department with no separate financial reporting for water supply
2.8 Extent of private sector involvement in your utility: None

Section 3: Service Area

3.1 Size of Utility’s area of Responsibility:
136.28 km2
3.2 Size of Utility’s present service area:
40.50 km2
3.3 Population of Utility’s area of responsibility:
117,971 persons
3.4 Population of Utility’s present service area:
94,531 persons
3.5 Population served by the Utility with piped water supply:
38,964 persons
3.6 Number of towns served with piped water:
13

Section 4. Infrastructure Description

4.1 Source(s) of raw water
 
  • groundwater
4.2 Main methods of treatment used
  • disinfection
  • filtration
  • aeration
4.3 Capacity of production systems:
8,122 m3/day
4.4 Length of water distribution network:
214 km
4.5 Capacity of storage in network:
400 m3
4.6 Piped water supply connections:
Domestic (Households)
5,872
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
644
TOTAL
6,516
4.7 Number of connections with operating water meters:
6,494
4.8 Typical length of service pipe from main to water meter:
5.00 m

Section 5. Water Consumption & Production

5.1 Volume of water produced by the Utility:
2.20 million m3 / year
5.2 Volume of water bought in bulk from other utility / company:
0.00 million m3 / year
5.3 Volume of water metered:
1.59 million m3 / year
5.4 Estimated un-metered consumption:
2.40% of metered consumption
5.5 Estimated un-metered consumption due to meter inaccuracy:
0.00% of metered consumption
5.6 Volume of water billed / sold:
Domestic (Households)
0.94 million m3 / year
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
0.15 million m3 / year
Bulk water sales
0.05 million m3 / year
TOTAL
1.10 million m3 / year

Section 6. Water Supply System Performance

6.1 Number of customers who received intermittent supply:
25 connections
6.2 Typical duration of supply:
24.0 hours / day
6.3 Typical mains water pressure in your pipe network:
3.00 metres
6.4 Number of water pipe breaks in the distribution network:
24 # / year
6.5 Required no. of tests of treated water for residual chlorine:
0 # / year
6.6 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine carried out:

6.7 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine passed:

Section 7. Staff

7.1 Who does the work in your company:
  • permanent staff – salaried Government employees
  • casual / part-time – wages
  • contracted out to outside company / agency
7.2 Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff in the company:
Corporate Services (Management, Admin, Finance, Technical, etc.)
10
Water Supply (O&M, Customer Services, Support Services, etc)
21
Other non water supply (e.g. wastewater, drainage, environment)
0
TOTAL
31
7.3 No. of staff that participated in at least one training event during the year:
3 staff
7.4 Total no. of training days (? (participants x training event duration)) in the year:
9 days
7.5 Proportion of total operating budget used for HRD:
0.00%

Section 8. Customers

8.1 No. of new customers connected to water supply system during the year:
8.2 Number of customer complaints recorded during the year:
3,532 # / year
8.3 Means by which customer can make a recorded complaint
  • in person
  • by telephone
  • by letter
  • SMS
8.4 How does the Utility find out the views of its customers
  • from customer interactions (letters, telephone calls, enquiry counter, etc.)
  • by responding to customer complaints
8.5 Typically what is the connection charge for new customers:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households) 2,500.00 44.79
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) 2,500.00 44.79
8.6 Typically what is the water supply fixed charge / month:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households) 165.00 2.96
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) 330.00 5.91
Bulk water sales
8.7 Typically what is the water tariff for metered consumption:
Tariff Block
Domestic
Non Domestic
Bulk water sales
From
To
Cost/m3
From
To
Cost/m3
From
To
Cost/m3
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
PHP
US$
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
PHP
US$
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
PHP
US$
1
zero <=10 16.5 0.30 zero <=10 33 0.59 zero <= 45 0.81
2
>10 <=20 28.2 0.51 >10 <=20 56.4 1.01 > <=
3
>20 <=30 30 0.54 >20 <=30 60 1.07 > <=
4
>30   33.6 0.60 >30   67.2 1.20 >  
8.8 Monthly water bill for a household consuming 6 m3 of water / month:
PHP
US$
165 2.96

Section 9. Finance

9.1 Water supply revenue of the company:
 
PHP
US$
Water sales (consumption related & fixed charges)
27,100,000.00
485,489.07
Other water related revenue (e.g. materials sales, construction, etc.)
1,300,000.00
23,289.14
Subsidies and grants from Government & other sources
0.00
0.00
TOTAL
28,400,000.00
508,778.22
9.2 Year end Accounts Receivable:
PHP
US$
4,000,000.00 71,658.90
9.3 Operating (recurrent) expenses of the company:
 
PHP
US$
Water Supply Operating Expenses
10,341,000.00
185,256.18
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
Company Overhead (Corporate Expenses)
10,421,000.00
186,689.36
TOTAL
20,762,000.00
371,945.54
9.4 Water supply operating expenses of the company:
 
PHP
US$
Labour Costs
1,430,000.00
25,618.06
Electricity
2,632,000.00
47,151.56
Chemicals & other Materials
527,000.00
9,441.06
Contracted out services
1,628,000.00
29,165.17
Other
3,193,000.00
57,201.72
TOTAL
9,410,000.00
168,577.57

Section 10. Capital Investment

10.1 Principal source of funds for investment in the last 5 years:
  • own internal sources of funding
  • loan from Government Bank.
10.2 Gross fixed asset value including works in progress:
 
PHP
US$
Water Supply Assets
38,700,000
693,300
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
Corporate Assets
14,500,000
259,764
TOTAL
53,200,000
953,063
10.3 Total debt servicing cost per year:
PHP
US$
3,250,000 58,223

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