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By Kit Bagaipo
The Bohol Chronicle

Business establishments and residences tapping to the city drainage system will not be penalized as mandated by a city ordinance but will be made to shoulder the costs of setting up a waste water treatment facility.

This was the statement made by City Mayor Dan Lim yesterday as he accepted the challenge hurled against him regarding the drainage problem.

The mayor assured the waste water treatment plant will be in place in the next three months.
Putting up a water treatment facility does not just involve construction works but a thorough and scientific study of the project’s cost and return on investment, Lim said.

The mayor said he will implement the “polluters’ pay principle” where those who are illegally tapping to the drainage will shoulder the cost and maintenance of the waste water treatment plant through a tariff system.

He did not say how much the “polluters’ fee” will be.

This really very necessary....i hope they will not take any longer time of postponement for a such important project.