Ordinance No. 031-2017.Page 2
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED, by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan in session duly assembled that:
SECTION 1. Nature and Scope of Franchise - Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and applicable laws, rules and regulations, there is hereby granted to METRO AGOO WATERWORKS CORPORATION, hereunder referred to as the "GRANTEE", its successors or assign, a franchise to construct, install, operate and maintain for domestic, industrial and / or commercial purposes and in the public interest, water supply and sewerage system for the purpose of distributing water for sale and for sanitation in the waterless municipalities of the 2nd District of La Union initially in Agoo and Tubao, and for such purpose, the grantee shall have the rights and privileges to:
(a) Invest, acquire, own, lease, hold, sell, transfer, construct, develop, expand, modernize, administer, operate and maintain water-related and sewerage -related assets including but not limited to water mains, tunnels, aqueducts, purification plants, pumping stations, pipes, conduits, reservoirs or dams, machineries and other waterworks on land owned or acquired or obtained by the grantee for said purposes;
(b) To supply, sell, furnish such water to any person, corporation, or public or private concerns within the limits of the said Province for domestic. Be put, and to charge and collect a schedule for the use of said water, which schedule of prices and rates shall at all times be subject to regulation by the National Water Resources Board ("NWRB"), or any other government agency concerned thereon;
(c) To construct, develop, operate, maintain and provide bulk water supply services within the 2d District of the Province and to charge and collect a schedule of prices and conventional rates for the availment of such services;
(d) To construct, maintain and operate such systems of sanitary sewers as may be necessary for the proper sanitation of the 2nd District of the province of La Union, and to charge and collect a schedule of fees which shall at all times be subject to regulation by the government entity in charge of this activity.
(e) To purify the sources of the water supply, the reservoirs and the dams, subject to the approval of the Department of Health and/or any other government agency concerned thereon, and to regulate the control and use, and prevent waste of water, and
(f) To construct, develop, maintain and operate such artesian wells and springs as may be needed in its operation within the 2nd District of the Province.
SECTION 2. Permits and Licenses - The grantee shall secure the appropriate permits and licenses for the construction, installation, operation and maintenance of the water supply and sewerage system. The government agencies concerned shall not, however, unreasonably withhold or delay the grant of any such authority
SECTION 3. Right of Way and Construction - For the purpose of constructing, installing, operating and maintaining its water supply system and sewerage system, it shall be lawful for the grantee to install, lay, construct and maintain above or below the ground on the right of way duly acquired or obtained by the grantee, or below the
