{"id":75040,"date":"2026-08-26T13:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=75040"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:18:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:18:01","slug":"cisco-and-metro-cebu-water-district-transform-water-infrastructure-to-reduce-water-wastage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2026\/08\/26\/cisco-and-metro-cebu-water-district-transform-water-infrastructure-to-reduce-water-wastage\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco and Metro Cebu Water District transform water infrastructure to reduce water wastage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cisco announced a collaboration with the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) to modernize the city\u2019s water infrastructure. MCWD will use Cisco\u2019s networking and industrial edge technologies to reduce non-revenue water (NRW) \u2013 treated water that is lost before it reaches the consumer \u2013 by 15% across its distribution network.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This initiative, under the Cisco Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) program, marks a significant step in securing the region’s water supply, with the aim to protect and efficiently deliver critical resources to the communities that need them most.<\/p>\n

Modernizing infrastructure to build a more resilient water future<\/strong><\/p>\n

Metro Cebu is under significant water stress, with around 32% of supply lost due to aging infrastructure like old valves and pipelines. Pressure fluctuations and leaks often go unnoticed, hindering MCWD\u2019s ability to meet the growing demand.<\/p>\n

Cisco is implementing a secure, end-to-end industrial architecture that uses smart sensors to track water flow and pressure conditions in real time. The data is funneled into a centralized supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) platform to provide operations teams with a live, end-to-end view of the network. This allows them to catch anomalies such as sudden pressure drops or unusual flow patterns before they trigger costly pipe bursts or impact the population.<\/p>\n

Underpinning the architecture is industrial-grade secure networking, including firewalls and zero-trust access, to ensure that only authorized personnel and devices can manage this critical infrastructure. This architecture is also built to support AI-driven analytics, enabling MCWD to move beyond simple anomaly detection toward anticipating issues before they occur. This allows MCWD to protect the network against water loss and operational disruptions.<\/p>\n

\u201cMetro Cebu continues to face increasing pressure on its water resource management and reducing operational losses is critical to ensuring long-term supply reliability,\u201d said Atty. John DX S. Lapid, General Manager of MCWD. \u201cWith Cisco\u2019s technology, we now have real-time insight into our distribution system, allowing us to respond faster to issues and deliver more efficient, reliable water services across Metro Cebu.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCisco’s real-time intelligence across MCWD’s infrastructure will strengthen the community’s resilience. That’s what the digital era is about: secure, connected technology solving real problems, improving lives, and narrowing the digital divide.” said Zaza Soriano-Nicart, Managing Director, Cisco Philippines. “This collaboration also sets a benchmark for our public utilities, showing how technology can modernize operations and support broader sustainability goals.”<\/p>\n

The solution will be piloted in the F. Paca\u00f1a area. Designed to be scalable, it provides a framework that allows MCWD to expand visibility and NRW reduction across Metro Cebu without having to redesign its systems from the ground up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MCWD will use Cisco\u2019s networking and industrial edge technologies to reduce non-revenue water (NRW) \u2013 treated water that is lost before it reaches the consumer \u2013 by 15% across its distribution network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":75041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[410,96],"class_list":["post-75040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-cisco","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75042,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75040\/revisions\/75042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}