La Trinidad council mulls over creating water monitoring committee

Posted on | Friday 18 March 2011 | No Comments

By Joseph B Zambrano


LA TRINDAD, Benguet,Friday March 18  - Councilor Roderick Chiok Awingan proposed a municipal ordinance creating the “La Trinidad Drinking Water Monitoring Committee” for the purpose of access to safe drinking water, promotion and protection of public health.


It is basic human right to have safe drinking water. Our families should have clean potable readily available, said Awingan.


The function of the committee is to undertake regular collection and analysis of water samples, evaluate laboratory results as to their compliance to standards. It will also conduct regular and immediate sanitary survey during the existence of a potential cause of contamination.


The committee shall recommend remedial measures to correct the deficiency of the water system and provide technical assistance in undertaking measures and proclaim on the latest quality of the drinking water in the municipality.


The Committee will be composed of the Sanguniang Bayan chairman on health, the sanitary inspector of the municipal health office, a representative of the La Trinidad Water District and the Department of Health.

An amount of P100, 000 shall be appropriated annually from the general fund for the mobilization of the committee. *(PIA CAR)

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