Location
The Municipality of Santa Maria is classified as a 1st class highly urbanized municipality in the province of Bulacan, Region III, Philippines.
Santa Maria is situated at the Eastern part of the province of Bulacan about 18 kilometers east of the City of Malolos, the provincial capital; 32 kilometers northeast of Manila. It is bounded on the north by the municipalities of Angat and Pandi; portion of San Jose del Monte City on the south; Norzagaray and other portions of San Jose del Monte on the east; and the municipalities of Marilao and Bocaue on the western side. Its geographical coordinates are 14° 49′ 15″ North, 120° 57′ 49″ East.
Service Area Coverage
The present service area of SMWD covers all of the twenty-four barangays (24) of the municipality of Santa Maria:
1. Bagbaguin
2. Balasing
3. Buenavista
4. Bulac
5. Camangayanan
6. Catmon
7. Caypombo
8. Caysio
9. Guyong
10. Lalakhan
11. Mag-asawang Sapa
12. Mahabang Parang
13. Manggahan
14. Parada
15. Poblacion
16. Pulong Buhangin
17. San Gabriel
18. San Jose Patag
19. San Vicente
20. Silangan
21. Sta. Clara
22. Sta. Cruz
23. Sto. Tomas
24. Tumana
In addition, SMWD is also serving two (3) barangays outside the municipality of Santa Maria namely:
- Pulong Yantok (Angat)
- Sta. Rosa II (Marilao)
- Turo (Bocaue)
Water Sources
SMWD derives its water supply from twenty-two (22) production wells located in various site within the WD service area. Water from these deep-wells is pumped to the distribution system. The combined production capacity of these operational production wells is about 319.89 lps (27,638 cum/day). During dry season, the yield of almost all of the wells declines by about 10% to 15% of their usual yield capacities. The twenty-two (22) production wells, and their average discharge capacity and corresponding motor are the following:
|
Pumping Station
|
Discharge Capacity (Lps)
|
Motor (Hp)
|
| 1. Gulod, Poblacion |
6.56 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 2. Celeste, Guyong |
5.40 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 3. Luwasan, Sta. Clara |
7.66 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 4. Sacred Heart, Poblacion |
7.06 Lps
|
25 Hp
|
| 5. Ramos Cmpd., Sto. Tomas |
7.76 Lps
|
25 Hp
|
| 6. Sitio Bato, Guyong |
8.04 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 7. Villarica Subd., Poblacion |
7.64 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 8. Green Valley, Pulong Buhangin |
11.31 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 9. Garden Village, Pulong Buhangin |
13.53 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 10. Provincial Rd., Sta. Cruz |
10.39 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 11. Mahogany St., Mahabang Parang |
6.98 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 12. Kalsadang Munti, Catmon |
17.70 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 13. Caybanban, Parada |
6.13 Lps
|
25 Hp
|
| 14. Gulod, San Jose Patag |
5.01 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 15. Labanos St., Tumana |
8.94 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 16. Caysio |
11.16 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 17. Kamatis St., Tumana |
6.85 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 18. Lawaan St., Camangyanan |
6.37 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 19. Pulang Lupa, Catmon |
10.44 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 20. Provincial Rd., Manggahan |
20.84 Lps
|
30 Hp
|
| 21. Policarpio St., Parada |
9.99 Lps
|
25 Hp
|
| 22. Sonoma, Sta. Cruz |
6.75 Lps
|
25 Hp
|
|
TOTAL
|
202.50 Lps |
SMWD also obtains its water supply from surface water source through bulk water supply at three (3) tapping points near the borders of Norzagaray, Bulacan. Raw water supply from Angat River in Bulacan is treated at the PhilHydro Company’s Norzagaray treatment plant.
The estimated production capacities and description of the above sources are briefly discussed below.
– Partida Tapping Point and Perez Tapping Point – Both are located at Sitio Partida, Brgy Pulong Buhangin. Elevation of tapping point is at 98 mmsl and 100 mmsl, respectively. Present supply capacity of about 11,500 cum/day combined.
– Tigbe Tapping Point – Located at Sitio Bagong Bario, Brgy. Balasing at the boundary of Brgy Tigbe, Norzagaray. Elevation of tapping point is at 78 mmsl. Present supply capacity of about 50 cum/day.
As recorded, the approximate length of the installed transmission and distribution pipelines is about 196.508 km of 50mmØ to 300mmØ pipes. The breakdown of the measured lengths are as follows (as of Jun. 2016):
– 50 Ømm 27.241 km
– 75 Ømm 41.960 km
– 100 Ømm 45.082 km
– 150 Ømm 68.210 km
– 200 Ømm 7.922 km
– 250 Ømm 0.041 km
– 300 Ømm 6.052 km