Survey 1: Community Survey in the Community of Tuklas Street, Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan, Regarding the Supply and Cleanliness of Water.

By BAJ2B February 22, 2024

COMMUNITY SURVEY IN THE COMMUNITY OF TUKLAS STREET, MABULO, MALOLOS, BULACAN, REGARDING THE SUPPLY AND CLEANLINESS OF WATER.

Members: Feb. 18, 2024

Clark Danielle T. Galvez

Jon Kairo J. Santos

Michel Joy P. Radam

What is the first thing you do when you wake up? Pick up your phone then go back to sleep? Scroll up and down to social media just to kill your morning laziness? If so, you should count yourself lucky. Because it is indeed a different story in Mabolo, Malolos, Bulacan, more specifically, the street of Tuklas

An unclean and unstable water supply is the reality that the people who lives in the street of Tuklas have to face every day. Where they must wake up in the middle of the night just to fill up their empty gallons for them to have a stockpile water. Tuklas street is surrounded by different cemetery locations in both Mabulo and Caniogan. It got to the point that water lines had to be buried along side the countless graves of the cemetery. It does not help that the location of the street is within the deepest part of both barangays (Mabulo and Caniogan)

Questions:

1.) Is there enough water running through your house?

2.) Is the water quality humane?

3.) Is the price of the water bill appropriate for the service you are getting?

4.) Where and what is your source of water?

5.) Is there water every time of the day?

Population:

10 residents

Name:	Age:	Gender:	Address:	Occupation:	Issue(s):
Villoria Junette	50	Female	Tuklas St., Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan	Resident	· No sufficient supply of water. · Need the usage of motor to get water. · Pays minimum water bill even if there is no water.
“Boy”	48	Male	Tuklas St., Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan	Official	· Very little amount of water · Dirty muddy water. · Water bill increased when the provider changed from Maynilad to PRIME Water.
“Rebecca”	47	Female	Purok 5, Tuklas St., Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan	Resident	· Insufficient water supply. · Borrows water from the neighbour. · Water bill is not appropriate for the type of quality and quantity that they receive.
Ana Fajardo	33	Female	Tuklas St., Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan	Resident	· Water is not always available. · Neighbour’s water is always cloudy. · Payment is unjust as they still pay even if there is no water. · Borrows water from neighbour.
John Regala	51	Male	Block 12, Lot 22, Tuklas St., Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan	Pares Street Vendor	· 1-Month since last presence of water. · Still pays water bill even if they have no water. · Pays their neighbour for water.
Nenita Camiño	48	Female	Purok 5, Tuklas St., Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan	Sari-sari Store Owner	· Uses motor to get water. · No water in the morning even with the use of motor.
“Queenie”	49	Female	Purok 5, Tuklas St., Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan	Resident	· Buys water from neighbour and in water refilling stations. · Still pays water bill despite having no water.
Juliet Monet	67	Female	Purok 5, Tuklas St., Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan	Resident	· Water is only present during the night time. · Pays water bill despite having no water.
“Gloria”	54	Female	Block 12, Lot 22, Tuklas St., Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan	Resident	· Water is muddy and unusable for consumption. · Early morning is the only time where water is available. · Sacrifices sleep to get water in the morning.
“Rosalinda”	38	Female	Block 12, Lot 22, Tuklas St., Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan	Resident	· Uses motor to get water. · Water is dirty · Water is only present every midnight to early morning. · Pays bill despite having no water.

Conclusion:

Many residents of Tuklas Street of Baranggay Mabulo is suffering from insufficient water supply provided to them by PRIME Water. Despite paying above minimum water bills, the service and quality of water did not improve. According to some residents, the problem was already present years prior, and it seems like the problem would continue to linger. Some residents blame the installation of water channels, and how they are located beneath the memorial and cemetery burials. They also blamed the location for the murky water present in their water system.

Having access to clean water is a fundamental human right. The government's top priority must be to ensure that all citizens have access to clean water in order to build a healthy country and a competitive economy.

As cited in the article of UN Water’s “Human Rights to Water and Sanitation,” the right to water entitles everyone to have access to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible, and affordable water for personal and domestic use.

“‘Leaving no one behind’ is the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A society can only achieve high rates of public health, gender equity, educational attainment, and economic productivity when all of its members enjoy their rights to water and sanitation. Respect for human rights must be integrated into development plans for all sectors, at all levels” they stated.

Every year, we vote for politicians that we think will serve us. We chose them because we believe they can do something – they are a ray of hope for us. But how come that this problem prolongs for periods of time? Can you just imagine that? Water is a basic need that some people enjoy abundantly, not knowing that to some, access to clean and safe water is a problem that is often overlooked and that remains unsolved.