27 April 2008
THE BUHISAN Watershed Rehabilitation Project will help ensure sustainable water for Cebu and at the same time improve the lives of local residents.
Plans include the development of a nature park, which broke ground yesterday with a tree-planting activity led by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) - Visayas.
“The goals of this project are to ensure sustainable water to the city, improve the quality of life of 498 families in Buhisan, and promote Buhisan as an eco-tourism destination,” said Engr. Jun L. Sarmiento, manager of Lexmark International Philippines Inc.
The rehabilitation of the Buhisan Watershed, which is part of a five-year plan of the PBSP - Visayas to realize the country’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for social development.
A tree-planting activity was done yesterday as part of the launching of the Save the Buhisan Watershed project.
It was participated by Lexmark, Shell, PBSP, Aboitiz, Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and the LGU of Buhisan. Cebu Daily News, as PBSP member, is a supporter of the project.
A nature park for families is in the blueprint. It includes plans for a picnic ground, view deck, campsite, nature center and a butterfly sanctuary, which will house 300 exotic species of butterflies.
Buhisan dam, built in 1910, is a a century-old public infrastructure that is part of a 631 hectare watershed.
It has a nine-hectare pond and can provide 5,000 to 10,000 cubic meters of water.
The watershed, which is a primary source of water to thousands of households, is part of the 29,000-hectare central Cebu protected landscape.
The project is also good economic opportunity for the Buhisan community and its neighboring barangays.Correspondent Marian Z. Codilla
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