Yes, it’s me.
This columnist, Boy Villasanta, Julianito Villasanta in real life, a resident of Villa Castillo in Barangay Pacita 2, San Pedro, Laguna has been experiencing bad water supply from Prime Water, the utility agency operating in our area.
As a human being, as a citizen, as a professional and as an entertainment journalist who serves the public truthful and opinionated accounts about showbiz, in particular, and life, in general, must be sustained with clean water to preserve life.
In my case, it is the mossy water that daily drips regularly in my pails in the toilet. Because of what I presumed to be moss that comes with the water, my three plastic pails of various colors and sizes become all in black after a few days. The green pail gathers soot-like particles from the water until dark as coal or soot-soiled covers the container all over. Black pails, meanwhile, gather muddy stains.
As a matter of fact, I have written about this a long time ago but it went unheeded until my neighbors, couple Greg and Helen Balmadrid complained about the foul smelling water that gushed from their faucets each morning. “Hindi ko matagalan. Sa umagang-umaga, pagbukas ko ng gripo, ang baho ng amoy ng tubig (I couldn’t stand it. When I turned on the faucet early morning, the water smells bad),” exclaimed Helen.
Greg, who was carrying a big plastic bottled water, was alarmed if not terrified about the supply of H20 this side of San Pedro. “Grabe. Baka mamatay tayo sa dumi ng tubig na ‘yan (It’s something grave. We might die from that dirty water),” lamented the Balmadrid patriarch.