Power & Water Supply Power and Water Supply
Basic Utilities (Water, Electricity)
Water Supply
About half of the total households of the province have access to safe water, the other half are fetching from doubtful sources refer Table 6.3.2 – No. of Households with Access to Safe Water. Only the Cities of Isabela (Isabela Water District- ISAWAD), and Lamitan (Lamitan Water District-LAMWAD), and the municipality of Maluso (Maluso Water District-MALUWAD) are being served with level III water supply through their respective local water districts.
The province’s primary water sources are the Gubawan River Basin in Lamitan City and the Kumalarang River Basin in Isabela City. This can be partly attributed to the topographic location of the area, people settled at the highland and islets where water sources are scarce.
Table 6.3.2 – No. of Households with Access to Safe Water
|
City/ Municipality |
No. of HH |
No. of households with access to safe water |
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|
Level I |
Level II |
Level III |
Total |
% |
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|
Isabela City Lamitan City Lantawan Maluso Sumisip Tipo-Tipo Ungkaya Pukan Albarka Tuburan Akbar Hj. Moh. Ajul |
13,753 11,586 5,205 5,456 8,698 2,731 2,827 3,228 3,131 2,162 2,769 |
1,544 501 1,200 1,316 2,930 920 283 323 1,350
|
3,537 710 1,790 787 1,728 2,790
2,290
|
4,.667 3,902 0 1,555 0 0
0
|
9,748 5,113 2,990 3,658 4,658 3,710 283 323 3,640
|
70.9 44.1 57.4 67.0 53.6 42.2 10.0 10.0 45.2
|
|
Basilan |
61,546 |
10,367 |
13,632 |
10,124 |
34,123 |
55.44% |
Source: Water Districts, MPDC & PPDO, 2006
Power
The power is supplied by the National Power Corporation (NPC) and distributed by the Basilan Electric Cooperative (BASELCO). The sources of the power supplies are from barge and land based diesel plant with a dependable capacity of 5.95 megawatts, other sources are from the (2) mini-hydros with dependable power capacity of 0.86 megawatts. The total power being distributed to the whole province is only 6.81 megawatts refer Table 6.3.3 – Power Sources, by Capacity. Occasional black-outs and sectional brown-outs are still frequent.
Table 6.3.3 – Power Sources, by Capacity
|
Sources |
Installed Capacity |
Dependable Capacity |
|
NPC
|
7.2 MW 1.672 MW |
5.2 MW 0.75 MW |
|
BASELCO
|
0.68 MW 0.27 MW |
0.62 MW 0.24 MW |
|
TOTAL |
9.822 MW |
6.81 MW |
Source: BASELCO, 2006
Of the total 255 barangays, around 84% or 215 barangays are energized. About 39% or 24,098 households of the 61,456 HHs are energized refer Table 6.3.4 – Number of Barangays Energized, by Location. The Basilan Electric Cooperative (BASELCO) was rehabilitated for (6) months being supervised by a management team from Cebu that aimed to improve the services and minimize black-outs. By the year 2017, about 20 megawatts of dependable power capacity will be needed to cater the increasing population.
Table 6.3.4 – Number of Barangays Energized, by Location
|
City/ Municipality |
No. of Barangays |
Number of Barangay Energized (Total) |
No. of HH |
Number of Household Energized (Total) |
|
Isabela |
45 |
45 |
13,753 |
12,492 |
|
Lamitan |
45 |
44 |
11,586 |
6,396 |
|
Lantawan |
35 |
27 |
5,205 |
612 |
|
Maluso |
20 |
18 |
5,456 |
2,312 |
|
Sumisip |
41 |
23 |
8,698 |
706 |
|
Tipo-Tipo |
11 |
29 |
2,731 |
810 |
|
Ungkaya Pukan |
12 |
9 |
2,827 |
283 |
|
Albarka |
16 |
5 |
3,228 |
162 |
|
Tuburan |
10 |
30 |
3,131 |
770 |
|
Akbar |
9 |
|
2,162 |
|
|
Hj. Moh. Ajul |
11 |
|
2,769 |
|
|
TOTAL |
255 |
215 |
61,546 |
24,098 |
Source: BASELCO, 2006