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5 Realizations Gained During the Maynilad Tour

5 Realizations Gained During the Maynilad Tour 3/07/2020 09:30:00 AM

While the world is roughly covered by water, our body weight is composed of around 60% fluid, which means water is essential, and it is the source of our life. No matter what we do, and where we are, we need water.

Do you ever wonder, where does the water in our faucets come from? Or do you have any idea how waters are treated before being used in our households? I'm sure, like me, you have plenty of questions in your mind that needs an answer, we all do, and we all need to know the source of this water. Good, reliable, and safe water for everyone.

Mommy Bloggers Philippines and Team Maynilad at Ipo Dam

Lo and behold! I am part of a tour that will eventually answer my questions. Without second thoughts, I participated, not just for me, but for my fellow mommies as well who reads my blog.

Mr Rolando Padua, Head of Water Supply Operations, Maynilad

The invite was from Maynilad, and thankfully we're under that water line. According to the invite, and the itinerary, there are two (2) dams to visit, these are the Angat Dam and the Ipo Dam,and one (1) Maynilad La Mesa Water Treatment Plant 2 (LWTP2) . These dams are in Bulacan, while the LWTP2 is in Quezon City,. These dams provide water supplies in the metro.

Angat Rainforest & Ecological Park View Deck

Mommy Angie and Mama Lolit at La Mesa Water Treatment Plant

Mama Lolit at Angat Rainforest and Ecological Park View Deck

Mama Lolit at Angat Dam

Mama Lolit at Ipo Dam

Being part of the tour brings back elementary school days, it was the Balara Water Filtering Station, which was one of the places I visited that time. I don't have much knowledge about it at that time. Now, I'm all ears, and this time I can talk about it with my Mom. This is another field trip for us, and we're ready to absorb all the information.

The tour went on, with stop-over to every dam just for the engineers to explain some of the information to Mommies like us.

Here are some realizations that I have after our tour with the three (3) different facilities:

1. The water comes from Angat Dam down to Ipo Dam and then to Novaliches Portal where the supply splits between the two water concessionaires - the Maynilad and the Manila Water. Maynilad’s share of the raw water enters its two treatment facilities in Quezon City, namely La Mesa Treatment Plants 1 and 2. Maynilad’s treatment facilities are also located in the area of La Mesa Dam, but the water from La Mesa Dam serves Manila Water customers only. The Water from Angat and Ipo Dams is shared by the two water concessionaires. From Bulacan to Novaliches down to our houses, it entails a lot of procedures and processes to provide our households potable water.

2. The existing Dams that we have right now are very important to us. It is our source of potable water. While right now, water in Angat Dam is above the minimum level, it is still lower than the ideal level, that's why the National Water Resources Board or NWRB is still implementing reduced raw water allocation. This forces Maynilad to do rotational water service interruptions, as doing so ensures that all customers will have some water supply at least for a few hours a day. The company is constrained to continue rotating the limited supply until the NWRB returns the normal water allocation for MWSS.

3. Maynilad gave their explanation of why the posted schedule for water supply interruption sometimes isn't followed, that most of the time causes consumers to panic. During the tour, Maynilad explained that the schedule they assign is based on their simulation of the regular consumption patterns of each location. However, customers tend to overstock, drawing more than their regular consumption, thus affecting the accuracy of the scheduled interruption. According to them, customers should only get the water they need for the hours of the day when there will be no supply. In this way, they help other water consumers like themselves to get the water they need within the supply availability schedule assigned to them. So, I do hope that this blog can at least convince readers to do that.

4. People in the water supply industry are always longing for a good rainfall to come, not just to rain but to exactly downpour in the right place where the dams are located. This is to attain the ideal level of water inside the dam. Since summer is just a few weeks away, they are now preparing for cloud seeding, this is one way or process of getting the clouds to produce rain, especially during summer.

5. Now, and since we're experiencing Climate Change, let us all help Maynilad in conserving water. Let us do our part as responsible customers and use the water supply responsibly. Yes, we need water very much, that is why let us conserve and preserve. Do things with water in more than one way.

Mommy Bloggers Philippines and Team Maynilad at
Angat Rainforest & Ecological Park View Deck

Team Maynilad at Ipo Dam (L-R)
Water Supply Operations: Mr.Marvin Villanueva and Mr. Rodel Tumandao.
Corporate Communications: Ms. Grace Laxa, Ms. Zye Cartel, Ms. Lalaine Tiangco and Ms. Jess Leobrera,
Corporate Quality, Environment, Safety, and Health Mr. Alexis Madison Datong and Mr. Julio Meneses

I am thanking Mommy Bloggers Philippines and Maynilad for this enlightening tour. I have gained so much learning and realization about the process that our water supply takes before heading to each of our households. I hope other mommies find this blog post informative enough to do what they can to conserve water.

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Rare disease spotlight: Get to know the key provisions of Republic Acf 10747 and the IRR

#CareForRarePH 3/03/2020 05:22:00 AM

The National Rare Disease Week (Feb 22-28) and the International Rare Disease Day (Feb 29) has come and gone but the fight to raise awareness and uplift our friends and family afflicted with rare and orphan disorder still continues.

But what exactly is Rare Disease and how can we show our support for the Rare Disease community?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), rare diseases or orphan disorders are a “life-threatening or chronically debilitating diseases, which are of such low prevalence that special combined efforts are needed to address them.” In the Philippines, a disease is considered rare when it affects one patient in every 20,000 people in the country until a final definition is formalized by the Technical Working Group of the Department of Health (DOH).

Meanwhile, the Philippine Society for Orphan Disorders, Inc. (PSOD) notes that there are over 7,000 rare diseases identified globally and are typically genetic in origin. As such, rare diseases typically affect children who are oftentimes at risk of a delayed diagnosis or even a misdiagnosis due to a poor understanding of their condition.

Furthermore, the DOH stresses that patients afflicted with rare diseases often have their quality of life reduced and are dependent on other people to attend to their basic needs. They also need lifelong medical care which may range from medications and multidisciplinary therapies to alleviate the symptoms and effects of the disease.

Moreover, PSOD holds a registry of 319 individuals with rare diseases representing 63 rare disorders but due to the rarity of their condition, Filipino patients are burdened with a lack of existing network of support to aid them. Medical assistance is elusive under the conditions of the country’s health priority, and raising awareness for people affected by rare disease still looms.

Hence, the challenge of funding and sustained financial support is also an unfortunate reality for many of our loved ones with Rare Disease. But the cost of treatment should not be directed towards monetary value but to the value for health and drastic improvement in the quality of life that the treatment, support, and management can provide to the Rare Disease community at large.

Thanks to the love and support from our friends in the private and public sector, the Republic Act 10747 or Rare Diseases Act was signed into law in March 2016. The law aims to improve rare disease patients’ access to comprehensive medical care; and among other things, identify interventions, and design research studies on rare diseases; and promote public awareness on rare diseases, among others.

Under this law, the patients are also considered as persons with disabilities (PWDs) and are entitled to the corresponding benefits and privileges such as priority programs and discounts. The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is also mandated to provide benefit packages for patients,and incentives for donations intended for research on rare diseases.

But this is just a start. We still have a long way to go until all the provisions of RA 10747 are fulfilled.

With this, we invite everyone to join hands with the Rare Disease community and show their love and care for the Rare. If you wish to show your support or make a donation for the Rare Disease community, you may visit the PSOD website at http://psod.org.ph or Facebook on https://www.facebook.com/psod.org.ph for more information.