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Cordova Desalination Plant
The Cordova Desalination Plant (CDP) is a desalination facility in Cordova in Cebu province, Philippines. It is the first desalination plant in the Philippines. HistoryIsla Mactan Cordova Corporation (IMCC) would be awarded a contract to supply water for the Metropolitan Cebu Water District in June 2021.[1] To fulfill the contract, the construction of a desalination plant in Cordova, Cebu began. Watermatic Philippines, a joint venture of Vivant and Israeli firm WaterMatic International, led the construction.[2] It is built under a build–operate–transfer scheme under the private-public partnership setup.[3] On September 7, 2023, the desalination equipment was installed.[4] By that month the whole facility is already 70 percent complete.[5] The IMCC plant started operations on June 7, 2024, initially producing 5 million L (1.3 million US gal) of processed water daily.,[2] becoming the first desalination plant in the Philippines, where drinking water has only been sourced groundwater and surface water.[6] FacilityThe Cordova Desalination Plant spans the barangays of Buagsong and Catarman, Poblacion of Cordova municipality in Cebu standing on a 3.5 hectares (8.6 acres) property.[3] Using seawater reverse osmosis technology, it has the capacity to produce 20 million L (5.3 million US gal) of water daily serving residents of Metro Cebu. This can be expanded to 50 million L (13 million US gal).[6] ManagementThe Cordova Desalination Plant is operated and managed by the Isla Mactan Cordova Corporation (IMCC; dba as Vivant Water), a subsidy of Vivant Hydrocore Holdings. It supplies water to the Metropolitan Cebu Water District. After 25-years, it is set to be turned over to the Cordova local government.[2][3] References
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