Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 26) — The provincial government of Albay plans to partner with private water refilling stations to provide clean water to Mayon evacuees.
According to Albay Provincial Health Office (PHO) Sanitary Engineer William Sabater, access to clean water for domestic use and drinking remains the topmost concern of the provincial government in its Mayon disaster response.
\”Importante ‘yung quality of water that we have to provide our evacuees so that we could ensure na walang waterborne diseases outbreak na mangyayari sa evacuation centers,\” he said.
[Translation: It is important to provide good quality of water so that we could ensure that there will be no waterborne disease outbreaks in evacuation centers.]
Sabater said he agrees with the provincial government’s plan to provide drinking water to evacuees from refilling stations.
\”We could ensure the quality of the water kasi dumaan siya ng water treatment process, na ‘yung tubig na iinumin o gagamitin ng mga evacuees would be safe to drink,\” he added.
[We could ensure the quality of the water because it went through a water treatment process, that the water the evacuees will drink or use is safe.]
According to Sabater, refilling stations were also the evacuees’ source of water during the 2018 Mayon eruption, adding that there was no waterborne disease outbreak during the period.
A partial evacuation report from the Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office (APSEMO) on Monday showed that 20,063 individuals (5,745 families) have evacuated from the volcano’s six-kilometer permanent danger zone.
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