Waste water treatment mulled for Inayawan
THE Yokohama mission that visited the Inayawan landfill is suggesting the construction of a water treatment plant in the waste disposal area.
The delegates led by Norihiko Nomura, director general of the office of co-governance and creation of Yokohama City, said the landfill lacked that kind of facility.
Nomura also promised to give 10 trash compactors to the Cebu City government to reduce the volume of waste in the landfill.
Nomura said he was looking forward to more partnerships with Cebu City especially in the area of waste management.
“In the past decades, we struggled with our urban problems just like Cebu City,” Nomura said.
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said a waste water treatment plant will be built in cooperation with the Yokohama City and private firms.
The city government had allotted an P11 million budget for a water treatment facility last year, said Randy Navarro, Inayawan landfill head.
The Cebu city government entered into a memorandum of understanding with Yokohama City in Japan last March 2012 which is valid until March 2015.
Cebu City was chosen as their strategic partnership on technical cooperation. Last Monday, the Yokohama delegation visited the South Road Properties (SRP) and waste water treatment facility at the North Reclamation Area.
Yesterday, the delegation made up Nomura, four other Yokohama City officials and representatives of 30 Japan companies met with their Cebu counterparts for a business matching session at the Hotel Elizabeth./Correspondent Tweeny M. Malinao
