Jolliville sets 10-year water infra buildup plan for Calapan

Business group Jolliville Holdings Corp. (JOH) has kicked off a P400-million water infrastructure buildup program in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, with the inauguration of a new water reservoir.

In a statement yesterday, Jolliville chair Jolly Ting said the 1,500-cubic-meter water reservoir was meant to augment its service facility through subsidiary Calapan Water.

The reservoir is meant to address robust demand of water among residents and commercial establishments in Calapan City, considered the commercial hub of the Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) area.

“This water reservoir, which can hold 1.5 million liters of water, will add water pressure and volume to household and commercial establishments in Calapan City,” Ting said.

Calapan Water, which services 15,000 households and commercial establishments to date, is seen to expand its coverage to 28,000 consumers in the next 10 years.

Ting said this would be part of the company’s 10-year development plan costing P400 million.

“There’s still much to be desired to meet the rising demands for fresh water from a growing population in this city, including investors who expressed interests to do business in this booming city,” Ting said, stressing that “it needs more water sources to cope with the demand.”

Between 2018 and 2028, Calapan Water’s consumers are expected to double from the present 15,000 households to 28,000 households located in 36 out of the city’s 62 barangays.

As consumers grow, demands for fresh water will also grow. “We won’t stop finding more sources of water and building more infrastructures, including reservoirs, as the present 36 barangays now with water connections will reach to cover the whole 62 barangays of Calapan City,” Calapan Water’s Roderick Carranceja said.

The P400-million investment plan calls for the development of new water sources, reservoirs and pipelining for distribution of safe water from sources to its consumers, households and business establishments.

Calapan City Mayor Arnan Panaligan and the Sangguniang Panglunsod, chaired by Vice Mayor Gil Ramirez, expressed full support for the efforts of Calapan Water to develop and improve its water quality and distribution system for the benefit of the city’s rising population and business stakeholders.

The opening of the reservoir is seen to ensure the steady supply of safe drinking water to households.

“Calapan is one of the fastest booming cities in the Mimaropa region,” Panaligan said, adding that as “a booming city, it needs more infrastructures in support of our development.”

Jolliville has business interests in various industries in real estate, power generation, water distribution, management, leisure and business process outsourcing.