Base Data of Victorias Water District

Section 1. Contact Information

1.1 Contact Name:
M. Cruz, , Paulino
1.2 Title:
General Manager
1.3 Mailing Address:
Quirino Street, Victorias City, Negros Occidental
1.4 Telephone:
(034) 399 3554,
1.5 Fax:
(034) 399 3554
1.6 Email Address:

Section 2. Water Supply Utility General Information

2.1 Utility Full Name:
Victorias Water District
2.2 Utility short name or acronym:
Victorias WD
2.3 Country:
Philippines
2.4 Region / State / Province:
Negros Occidental
2.5 Principal city / town:
Victorias City
2.6 Type of services provided by the utility
  • piped water supply services
2.7 Type of water utility: Government department with 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:
8.00 km2
3.2 Size of Utility’s present service area:
3.00 km2
3.3 Population of Utility’s area of responsibility:
45,340 persons
3.4 Population of Utility’s present service area:
25,340 persons
3.5 Population served by the Utility with piped water supply:
21,219 persons
3.6 Number of towns served with piped water:
12

Section 4. Infrastructure Description

4.1 Source(s) of raw water
 
  • groundwater
4.2 Main methods of treatment used
  • Chlorination
4.3 Capacity of production systems:
m3/day
4.4 Length of water distribution network:
25 km
4.5 Capacity of storage in network:
380 m3
4.6 Piped water supply connections:
Domestic (Households)
3,536
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
159
TOTAL
3,695
4.7 Number of connections with operating water meters:
3,695
4.8 Typical length of service pipe from main to water meter:
m

Section 5. Water Consumption & Production

5.1 Volume of water produced by the Utility:
1.45 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:
1.12 million m3 / year
5.4 Estimated un-metered consumption:
5.5 Estimated un-metered consumption due to meter inaccuracy:
5.6 Volume of water billed / sold:
Domestic (Households)
1.01 million m3 / year
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
0.11 million m3 / year
Bulk water sales
0.00 million m3 / year
TOTAL
1.12 million m3 / year

Section 6. Water Supply System Performance

6.1 Number of customers who received intermittent supply:
1,847 connections
6.2 Typical duration of supply:
20.0 hours / day
6.3 Typical mains water pressure in your pipe network:

6.4 Number of water pipe breaks in the distribution network:

6.5 Required no. of tests of treated water for residual chlorine:

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
7.2 Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff in the company:
Corporate Services (Management, Admin, Finance, Technical, etc.)
19
Water Supply (O&M, Customer Services, Support Services, etc)
10
Other non water supply (e.g. wastewater, drainage, environment)
0
TOTAL
29
7.3 No. of staff that participated in at least one training event during the year:
staff
7.4 Total no. of training days (? (participants x training event duration)) in the year:
days
7.5 Proportion of total operating budget used for HRD:

Section 8. Customers

8.1 No. of new customers connected to water supply system during the year:
173 # / year
8.2 Number of customer complaints recorded during the year:
60 # / year
8.3 Means by which customer can make a recorded complaint
8.4 How does the Utility find out the views of its customers
8.5 Typically what is the connection charge for new customers:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households) 2,050.00 36.73
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
8.6 Typically what is the water supply fixed charge / month:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households)
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
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 <= zero <= zero <=
2
> <= > <= > <=
3
> <= > <= > <=
4
>   >   >  
8.8 Monthly water bill for a household consuming 6 m3 of water / month:
PHP
US$

Section 9. Finance

9.1 Water supply revenue of the company:
 
PHP
US$
Water sales (consumption related & fixed charges)
15,805,717.00
283,155.09
Other water related revenue (e.g. materials sales, construction, etc.)
0.00
0.00
Subsidies and grants from Government & other sources
0.00
0.00
TOTAL
15,805,717.00
283,155.09
9.2 Year end Accounts Receivable:
PHP
US$
1,961,456.00 35,138.95
9.3 Operating (recurrent) expenses of the company:
 
PHP
US$
Water Supply Operating Expenses
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
Company Overhead (Corporate Expenses)
TOTAL
13,622,275.00
244,039.32
9.4 Water supply operating expenses of the company:
 
PHP
US$
Labour Costs
4,084,794.00
73,177.96
Electricity
2,423,449.00
43,415.42
Chemicals & other Materials
625,920.00
11,213.19
Contracted out services
Other
5,721,813.00
102,504.71
TOTAL
12,855,976.00
230,311.29

Section 10. Capital Investment

10.1 Principal source of funds for investment in the last 5 years:
10.2 Gross fixed asset value including works in progress:
 
PHP
US$
Water Supply Assets
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
Corporate Assets
TOTAL
14,808,103
265,283
10.3 Total debt servicing cost per year:
PHP
US$
830,400 14,876

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