By: Mark Francsico
KYOGOJO Engineering and Water Service Cooperative general manager Jed Lasmarias said their federation can supply 30,000 cubic meters of water a day to Cagayan de Oro City both as a utility and as a bulk supplier.
This is in light of a looming water crisis in the city because of a dispute of P426 million in water rates between Cagayan de Oro Water District and its bulk supplier Cagayan de Oro Bulk Water, Inc. which neither entity is budging. COBI is giving COWD until April 12 to pay up its debt or face disconnection of 80,000 cubic meters a day supplying 40,000 residential, commercial and industrial users. But COWD has cited fotce majeure in disregarding the amount which equates to the increases of the rate since 2021.
Established since 2010, Kyogojo Engineering and Water Service Cooperative is the technical arm of Mindanao Cooperatives Water Service Federation which is composed of 12 cooperatives.
It is currently serving 9,000 households in Cagayan de Oro City in portions of four barangays and five gated communities.
Mindanao Cooperatives Water Service Federation is composed of Ficco, Oro Integrated Coop, Xavier University Community Credito Coop, DMPI Employees and Community Credit Coop, Allied Services Multipurpose Cooperative, Oro Savings and Sharing Coop, City Hall Employees Multipurpose Cooperative, Provincial Capitol Employees Multipurpose Cooperative, Cepalco Community Multipurpose Cooperative, MOGCHS Faculty, Retirees, Employees and Students Multipurpose Cooperative, and PPSC Regional Training School-10 Employees and Staff Multipurpose Cooperative.
Kyogojo Engineering and Water Service Cooperative is offering water at P30 per cubic meter at P300 minimum.
Members of these cooperatives who are also consumers of the water consortium are automatically eligible for P2 per cubic meter rebate.
