Survey 2: Community Survey on the Community Officials of Tuklas Street, Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan, Regarding the Plans to fix the Water Issue.

 

SURVEY 2: COMMUNITY SURVEY ON THE COMMNITY OFFICIALS OF TUKLAS STREET, MABULO, MALOLOS, BULACAN, REGARDING THE PLANS TO FIX THE WATER ISSUE.

Members:                                                                                                                Feb. 18, 2024

            Clark Danielle T. Galvez

            Jon Kairo J. Santos

            Michel Joy P. Radam

 

                With the previous discussion regarding the water supply and water cleanliness of the population of Tuklas Street, Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan, it is only just to question the plans and insights of the officials leading the street.

We asked Tuklas Street community officials about their long-term water supply issues through our survey. This allows us to identify the reasons why there is still no solution to this issue. The responses we received are listed below:

 

Questions:

1.)    Allowance and budget for the usage of motor for the whole population.

2.)    Plans to fix the water issue.

3.)    When has the issue started in the street.

Population:

·         3 Community Officials

o   Nenita Camino – Mother Leader

o   Rony Lamson – Baranggay Tanod

o   Joaquin Alabin – Area President

Name:	Age:	Gender:	Address:	Occupation:	Insight(s)
Nenita Camino	48	Female	Purok 5, Tuklas St., Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan	Mother Leader	·         The usage of motor is expensive, especially for the lower class. If everyone were to use motors, there would be an insufficient water supply for the motor to function properly. The street of Tuklas has created their own schedule on whose turn it is to use the motor pump. ·         There is apparently a plan appointed to them by a political figure (unknown), but as of today it is still a mystery if the plan is real or not. There is also a water shortage on the entirety of Mabulo due to a construction regarding the sewage drains. ·         The problem worsened to the point that it became an every day struggle around 5-6 years ago.
Rony Lamson	49	Male	Tuklas St., Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan	Baranggay Tanod	·         There used to be a plan to have budgeting for water pumps across the Tuklas street, unfortunately the old President of the street died, along with it the plan to have water pumps for everyone. ·         The problem was already brought upon the barangay officials, the only problem is that the barangay officials wants a petition from the population of Tuklas street to start looking on the water issue. ·         According to the interviewee, the water problem already existed the moment he started to live on Tuklas street on 2004-2005, and only worsen continuously the more people started to live there.
Joaquin Alabin	49	Male	Purok 5, Tuklas St., Mabulo, Malolos, Bulacan	President, former Vice-President	·         The water tubes that runs down to the entire street are small and compact, which is a factor on the slow flow of water to the area, and it can cause water motors to drain the rest of the water away from other houses. They have already brought up the issue to the Kapitan, but no plans or promises were given to them. The usage of pumps were given their own schedules, to ensure that every house has the opportunity to use their water motors to get water to their houses. ·         Regarding the need to have a petition of the population in the street for barangay to act, they have already submitted a petition but up until to this day there was no follow-up news. ·         The current President (the interviewee) used to be the Vice-President before the previous President died 2 years ago. There used to be a plan to have budget for the water pumps, and a plan to fix the water issue (not disclosed). According to the interviewee, the problem rose 3 years ago, and up until now there are no actions done. Added to that, their water meters continue to rise even though there is no water running. Petitions to fix the water issue was already brought up to the mayor, but once again they were ignored continuously.

Conclusion:

To conclude the survey, the primary problems of the citizens of Tuklas Street, Mabolo, Malolos Bulacan, are the lack of stable water supply, the lack of initiative from officials, coupled with the lack of formal complaint or petition from the citizens in order for the case to be presented to the public officials, alongside the need to use motor pumps to gather water supply and the running water's nature of only being present when it is midnight to near dawn continuously bothers the people of Tuklas Street.

 These factors, lead to some citizens stealing water by dislodging their own water meters, only for some to still be unable to gather water supply from Prime Water. The motors or pumps they are using are also prone to burning out or getting damage if two users are simultaneously using respective pumps of their own.

The cries of help from the President of the area, the other officials from Tuklas, and its own people will not be heard without the citizen's cooperation to sign the said petition. With that being said, Tuklas and its citizens will continue to be plagued by the problems presented from earlier without their own initiative and cooperation from each side; so be it the people, or the officials.

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