Some 100 participants from about 500 various water districts in the country have converged in Dumaguete City for a three-day international water convention that reeled off here Wednesday.
At the opening program of the 14th International Convention and Exhibition on Water Resources Management, Oriental Negros Governor George Arnaiz welcomed the participants as he urged everyone to work together to be able to reach the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal on water protection and conservation.
The convention aims to come up with a unified plan on water resources management that would benefit the entire Filipino people.
In his message read by Vice Mayor William Ablong, Dumaguete Mayor Agustin Perdices expressed the need for increased public concern and awareness of residents on how to manage the city’s water resources.
For his part, Arnaiz said the activity is not merely a wake-up call but a “call for action” for all concerned to be more committed to providing quality water to the people.
Arnaiz disclosed during the conference that the province of Oriental Negros will receive next week the national Gawad Galing Pook Award for its water and sanitation programs that have benefited the people in the province.
The governor also stressed the need to protect the country’s water resources.
A memorandum of agreement is in the offing between the Dumaguete City Water District, the provincial government, and the Rotary Club for a reforestation project costing more than half a million pesos. (PNA)
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