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Residents with water problems to get containers
The Freeman
|April 08, 2025
The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office and the Department of Public Services has until today to distribute all the water containers to residents who are in need of water due to the dry season.
The Cebu City government recently purchased a total of 100 containers for water storage along with five new water tankers that will be used to ration water in the barangays.
Half of the containers have a capacity of 4,000 liters of water each, while the rest can hold 2,000 liters.
This story is from the April 08, 2025 edition of The Freeman.
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