| Leak Response Time Improves |
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“Leak reports in August were acted in slightly over 10 hours, broken down into 7.87 hours response time and 2.26 hours repair time.”
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“A little over 4 kilometers of pipelines were added to the existing system during the month, consisting of mainline improvements in Riverside and Langub, as well as mainline extension within the Tugbok system.”
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The time it took the crew to respond to leak reports shortened 5.75 percent to 7.87 hours this August compared to last month’s 8.35 hours. This is based on records from the Central Information Unit where reports of leaks and the corresponding actions from the district’s repair crew are being logged. Response time is a vital indicator for the district’s NRW reduction programs since water lost due to leaks constitute a huge chunk of the total NRW. The longer it takes to respond to leak reports, the more water is lost.
Likewise, the average repair time registered a 16.61 percent improvement to 2.26 hours this month from 2.71 hours in July.
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Leak reports increased to 2,992, comprising 93.7 percent service line leaks and 6.3 percent mainline leaks. Of the service line leak reports, which totaled to 2,803 for the month, only 77 percent were consequently repaired. This is because 641 reported leaks turned out to be within the premises of the customers, thus, the repairs were their responsibility.
Average response times for the past eight months peaked in July at 8.35 hours and was shortest in May at 4.27 hours.
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| Transmission/Distribution Lines Reach 1,300 Km |
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The total length of transmission and distribution lines hit the 1,300-kilometer mark in August as 4.137 kilometers of pipelines were laid, comprising of mainline improvements in Riverside and Langub, and mainline extension along Arellano and Panganiban Sts. in Tugbok.
The continuous efforts to reach out to more Davaoeños is slowly gaining momentum as evidenced by the increasing percentage of the population served.
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To date, 57.8 percent of Davao City’s households in 113 barangays are currently enjoying piped connections from the utility. Service connections totaled to 161,564, up 0.46 percent from last month’s 160,830. Of these, 155,439 were residential connections billed during the month.
Since January this year, a total of 31 kilometers of transmission and distribution lines were laid.
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| Total Workforce Settles at 979 |
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There was hardly a movement in total employment recorded for the month of August. Total workforce settled at 979, only one more than the total recorded a month ago. This resulted from the appointment of two casual employees into permanent positions in pursuance of the Program on Reclassification of Casual and Allocation of Additional Plantilla (PRAP). The filling up of a number of permanent positions is currently on process.
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Meanwhile, the staff per 1,000 connections ratio barely changed from 6.08 last month to 6.06 this month. The Asian Development Bank suggests a ratio of below 10 as an indicator of being an efficient water utility.
For the past eight months, total workforce peaked at 980 in June, and dipped at 938 in March and April. Meanwhile, staff-connection ratio was highest in February at 6.20 and fell below 6 in the next two months.
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