Theory of Constraints in Iligan City

On August 21, 2007, a dinner at Patio Alejandra was sponsored by Engr. Christine Milagros A. Orbe of the Iligan City Waterworks System (ICWS). The dinner was sort of a venue for an informal discussion about the two-year program offered by InWEnt, Germany to the City of Iligan.

Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz, Councilor Moises Dalisay, Jr. and Consultant Adolfo Held

In photo, left side : Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz, Engr. Christine Milagros A. Orbe (ICWS Manager), Engr., Jaime Sato (ICWS Employee), right side : Councilor Moises Dalisay, Jr., Consultant Adolfo Held, Pat D. Noel (Tourism Officer)

After the Consultant left for Germany on August 22, 2007, a series of emails was then sent by InWEnt to make concrete the workshop schedule for the two-year program. Below is a summary of the details of the proposed workshop proper compiled from the emails sent by Mr. Michael Funcke-Bartz, InWEnt Senior Project Manager on August 20, 2007 and by Ms. Karena Kimmel, Inwent Coordinating staff on October 18, 2007.

1. Submission of Letter of Commitment by the City to InWEnt, Germany
through email before December 2007.

2. Letter of Commitment contains :

- allocation of necessary man- and woman power to this working

process (team of change-agents) and to maintain this team during

the process

- provide the data which are necessary for analysis and planning

- be willing to implement changes which have been proposed together

with the team of change-agents

- provide workshop facilities inside the waterworks and to care for the

catering

3. Based on the Letter of Commitment, InWEnt and the Iligan City

Government will sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the

two-year program implementation.

4. Tentative Schedule of next Workshop is on December 10-14, 2007.

5. The German-Consultant Lecturer will come to Iligan once every 3 months

6. City Counterpart

- venue to include meals and snacks (25 participants, 1 lecturer, 3

facilitators, 1 documentor)

- materials and equipment needed during the workshop (3 pin boards,

meta cards and push pins, permanent and whiteboard pens,

manila papers, whiteboard, LCD projector)

- vehicle for the lecturer (hotel to venue and back, fetch & ferry at CDO

airport)

After Mr. Adolfo Held checked-in at the hotel on August 15, 2007, a short meeting was conducted with Engr. Christine A. Orbe, Manager of the Iligan City Waterworks System Office (ICWS), at the ICWS Conference Room. Engr. Orbe made a short presentation on the organizational structure of the Office and an overview of the existing water system in Iligan City.

On August 16, 2007, Mr. Held met Archt. Gil R. Balondo, City Planning and Development Coordinator (my boss) and had a short informal discussion. Then Adolfo and I proceeded to ICWS Office to get ready for the scheduled site visit. With us were Engr. Josephus Albao and Leelic Dacoco. We visited the Ditucalan Spring water source, Camague Reservoir, Fuentes Clustering System, Hinaplanon Pumping Stations, and Luinab Reservoir.

Ditucalan Spring Source

Mr. Held said that the Ditucalan Spring source has still enough capacity to supply the existing water consumers. The problem lies in the distribution. It was also observed that the water treatment facility being used is already rusted.