History of Sablayan Water District
Water is undoubtedly planet earth's most precious commodity. It is indeed the most essential necessity of life after oxygen. Without it, life on Earth will cease to exist. Hence, of all public services, it is truly the most important.
In order to provide the much needed safe, sufficient, and potable water supply, the Municipal Government of Sablayan then under the leadership of Mayor Pedro A. Gonzales, affirmed the organization of Sablyan Water District (SWD)
in its Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 926, dated November 17, 1981. On May 19, 1982, SWD received its Conditional Certificate of Conformance (CCC) No. 197 issued by the
Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) by Virtues of Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 198, otherwise knows as the Provincial Water Utilities Act of 1973 as amended by P.D. Nos. 768 and 1479.
Due to financial constraint, SWD was non-operational from 1982 to 1989. However, through the loan package granted by LWUA
amounting to Php 445,920.00 and Php 422,632.60 respectively, it gained an adequate momentum and became operational on January 1990.
It is very unfortunate that the Sablayan Water District's Office was destroyed by fire last July 6, 2003. Investigation conducted by the Bureau of Fire Protection, Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro disclosed that no arson was committed by any
individual in the fire incident. As such, it destroyed some of the District's accounting books and records for the years 2001 and 2002 but the audit team was able to perform audit techniques and procedures on the remaining documents and schedules.
On October 2017, SWD was re-categorized from Category D to C water district. As of C.Y. 2019, it has now 11 operational pumping stations serving a total of 4,900+ and counting active concessionaires in 11 out of 22 barangays
of Sablayan, namely: Buenavista (24/7), Poblacion (24/7), Sto. Niño (24/7), Ligaya (24/7), San Vicente (20/7), Tuban (24/7), Ibud (20/7), Tagumpay, (16/7), San Francisco (16/7), Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo (16/7) and Sta. Lucia (16/7). Extension and Expansion projects are also now ongoing.