DOST-7 develops technology on eco-efficient

water facility to reduce water consumption

 By Fayette C. Riñen

CEBU CITY, November 17 (PIA) – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) 7 developed a technology on eco-efficient water infrastructure that enables establishments to significantly reduce water consumption thereby saving on water bill costs.

DOST-7 Assistant Regional Director Edilberto Paradela presented their agency’s technology development on the ‘Integrated Rainwater and Storm Water Harvesting’ which they used in their own building.

“The DOST-7 building has a facility that harvests storm water, rainwater, and gray water and filters these for reuse in its toilets and in watering plants,” Paradela said and added that the facility has reduced their water consumption by 75 percent.

Paradela said they have developed replication and capacity-building strategies in case there are interested parties who would like to implement the technology DOSR-7 is promoting.

Project cost however, is still to be determined as the development of the technology is a partnership among the DOST, Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and private firms, this is learned.

The technology can be useful in the region for addressing issues on water quality, overextraction of the aquifer, non-use of rainwater and flooding, according to Paradela. “It is ‘green growth’ project, he further claimed.

Paradela presented the technology in the previous meeting of the Economic Development Committee of the Central Visayas Regional Development Council. (PIA-Cebu)