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Well Bucketball

1 Comment Posted by Lana on August 31, 2014

Well bucket from repurposed basketball ball

There is no drinking water source in Malapascua but there are several wells scattered in the island for household use.

At the left side of the well are three funnels for each pipeline of three separate houses

One can notice these makeshift pipelines with funnels beside each well as a way to bring manually fetched water using a bucket and rope system to the nearby houses.

Plastic strainer for this 5-gallon water container repurposed as funnel

Net strainer

A closer look of the well water funnel and the attached pipe

Empty 5-gallon drinking water containers off to be refilled at mainland Cebu

Cebu, Improvisation, Repurposing basketball, bucket, funnel, Malapascua Island, pipeline, water, well

Piso Water

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on August 6, 2014

ATM or iWater? (ATM – Automated Tubig Machine)

Such a common sight in Cebu is this drinking water vending machine of various color, model and style (of its box). What is typical is the faucet, the round 5 gallon bottled water as its source, piso coin slot, and the glassful amount of water that comes out for every one peso coin eaten.

Lesser frequency of replacing the 5 gallon purified water in this dual container model

One has to bring some container to catch the water that automatically comes out of the spout once you drop one peso inside. I expect the water to be tepid, but amazingly it was cold.