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With Wood­land, San Fran­cique and Pe­nal res­i­dents con­stant­ly hav­ing to re­sort to protest for a pipe-borne wa­ter sup­ply, Min­is­ter of Pub­lic Util­i­ties Mar­vin Gon­za­les is now as­sur­ing an up­grade in their sup­ply from once a month to twice a week by the end of April.

Not­ing the past un­rest in these com­mu­ni­ties, Gon­za­les said the is­sue stemmed from in­ad­e­quate in­fra­struc­ture, as the ex­ist­ing eight-inch pipeline along Pluck Road could not meet de­mand.

Dur­ing a tour of WASA’s $26 mil­lion project in the area on Tues­day, he said many res­i­dents re­ceive wa­ter on­ly once every nine to 20 days, with dis­rup­tions some­times ex­tend­ing to 25 days.