Agency Profile
Bacacay is located about 17km of Legazpi City, the provincial capital. Strategically in Barangay Hindi, on the midst of the Municipality of Bacacay wherein BACACAY WATER DISTRICT is located. Mandated to provide adequate and potable water supply to residents of Bacacay, the district was formed on July 12, 1980.
The BAWAD Office consists of an administrative building and at the back of the building, a standby pump and warehouse. The administrative building is a two-storey building that was subdivided into: at the first level located are the Office of the General Manager, Collection Section, Billing Section, Finance Section, Administrative Section and the Customer Service Section. At the second level, located are the Board’s Room and the Supply Room.
The Human Resources Management was focused by Diana B. Bataller, Property and Supplies Management was the custody of Grace M. Serrano. Procurement was collaborated by Diana Bataller and Ma. Theresa V. Perez. Billing was conducted by Teresa B. Bea. Accounting and Financial reports was being done by Ivy B. Apuli. Collection, receiving and disbursement are made by Maribel B. Badiola and Gemma B. Bidar respectively. Updating of customer accounts was processed by Teresa B. Bea. General Services which include costumer complaints, application of new service connections and other related aspects was facilitated by officers of the day who are employees of the districts concerned.
Engineering/Maintenance works include regular check-up of the water pump and spring intake, installation of new service lines, repairs of leaks, connection/disconnection of service lines and replacement of pipes and appurtenances was jointly handled by the Maintenance Team namely: Maximo B. Cabiles, Domingo B. Bequio, Jobert L. Biescas, Wilfredo D. Bellen, Karyl B. Peña and Gilberto B. Barcela. The district has Twelve (12) regular personnel including the General Managerwho directly controls the operations of the water district. There are presently Five (5) casual employees and Three (3) job order. The Board which has Five (5) members is responsible for carrying out policy-making functions in the district.
Municipality of Bacacay has Fifty-Six (56) barangays with a resident population of about 68,906. At present, BAWAD as its water service facilities accessible to twenty-six (26) barangays out of fifty-six (56) Barangays of Bacacay. The total service connections as of October 2020 are 5,004 with the total active connections of 3,747 are used for domestic/government, commercial/industrial and residential purposed. All of the areas served by BAWAD benefit from an uninterrupted and adequate water supply. The current minimum rate that was approved by LWUA and being implemented by BAWAD since January 1, 2008 is P190.00.
Water sources are generated from a spring source at Barangay Bonga located about 4km west-southwest of Poblacion and a well source at Barangay Hindi which constructed and designed as stand-by pumps just in case the spring water source at Barangay Bonga will dried-up. Water is presently distributed to customers through a various sizes of pipeline network.