Municipality of Kauswagan

1.0 Roads

The Municipallityof Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte has one (1) National Road; two (2) Provincial Road; twenty-five (25) Barangay Roads; eight (8) Municiipal Streets; and four (4) Foot Roads. Both roads has a total length of 132.8870 kilometers with combined pavement of concrete (20.1000 km.); Asphalt (2.3100 km.); Gravel (84.21000 k..m.); and Earth (25.2500 km.) see table 64.

Table  No. 64

Inventory of Barangay Roads, Municipal Roads, Provincial Roads and National Roads

Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte : 2009

2.0 Bridges

There are five (5) identified existing Bridges in the municipality. Four (4) of such are  administered by the National Government and one (1) by the Municipal Government. Presently this bridges has fair to good condition except the Libertad Bridge which has minor damages in its flooring. (refer to table 65).

Table No. 65

Inventory and Conditions of Bridges

Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte : 2009

3.0 Irrigation System

As of the moment there  is no existing irrigation system in the municipality.

4.0 Flood Control and Drainage Facilities

The are existing 20,540 linear meters of flood control and drainage facilities in the locality shared by  the seven (7) coastal barangays constructed various type of facility. Noticeably, Barangay Poblacion has greater share of its length (refer to table 66).

Table No.  66

Flood Control and Drainage Facilities

Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte : 2009

4. 5.0 Domestic Water Supply

There are about 3,950 households or 87.08% of total households have access to Potable Water. Most of the Main Source of Water are from spring and well distributed through communal used. There are also water distribution through the Kauswagan Water District with Level III water systems specially in the coastal areas. See tables 67 & 68 for details.

Table No. 67

Total Number of Households with Access to Potable Water

Kauswagan, Lanao  del Norte :2009

Table No. 68

Number of households by Main Source of Water Supply

Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte : 2009

6.   6.0  Electric Power Supply

Electricity of the locality is provided by the Lanao del Norte Electric Cooperative ( LANECO ). Presently, there is still one barangay of the municipality which is not served with electricity which is Barangay Inudaran. There are around 3,939 constituting 86.84% out of 4,536 household are already served with electricity for the twelve  (12) barangays of the municipality (refer to tables 69 & 70).

Table No. 69

Electrification Coverage by Barangay

Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte : 2009

6.   7.0 Transport Facilities

Transportation and mobility of Kauswagan is provided by  transport companies like the Mindanao Rural Trasnsport Inc. (MRTI)  anf Super Five Transport Company for the Buses; Iligan – Kauswagan Drivers / Operators Association for the Public Utility Vehicles and Kauswagan Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (KATRODA) for the tricycles. Buses are bound from Iligan City to Zamboanga and Dipolog Cities and vice-versa ; bound from Iligan City to Kauswagan and vice-versa for the Public Utility Jeepneys and bound within the territorial jurisdiction of Kauswagan for tricycles. See table 70 for detailed information.

Table No. 70

Transport Services

Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte : 2009 

8. 8.0 Communication Facilities

There are more or less four (4) communication company operating in Kauswagan with facilities installed mostly in Barangay Poblacion such as Smart, Globe PLDT and Mobiline. Towers are situated in strategic areas of Poblacion (refer to table 71).

Table No. 71

Location of Telecom Facility

Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte : 2009

8. 9.0  Waste Disposal System

The Municipality of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte is  consistently implementing its Integrated Solid Waste Management Program since year 1997. Though encountered issues and problems several times during its implementation but still the spirit of excellent public  service is alive and reaching out. The program operation and  management  is characterized into five (5) components such as : Waste Generation; Onsite Handling, Storage and Processing; Collection and Transport; Processing and Resource Recovery; and Solid Waste treatment and Final Disposal

Waste Generation :

The municipality has an estimated waste generation of 1 metric ton per week per Municipal Engineering Office rough estimates. Approximately 60% of the total waste generated of the Municipality of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte came from  barangays Poblacion and Bagumbayan since this is the considered urban barangays of the municipality and the remaining 40% mostly contributed by the other coastal barangays. The interior barangays are not included in the estimated waste generation because garbage collection is not available in such barangays. Major wastes generated came from the Kauswagan Public Market where commercial activities are concentrated. A mixed biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes are commonly the generated waste as residues of the active commercial activities of the coastal barangays. This kinds of wastes are also visible even in the household levels. Other types of wastes generated are the institutional wastes brought about by various major Government Institutions located in the coastal barangays. However, agricultural wastes are most visible in the interior areas of the municipality where farming is the leading livelihood activities.

Onsite Handling, Storage & Processing :

The Municipality had already established systems on Wastes handling, storage and processing brought about by massive education campaign provided by the Education Committee of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Program ( ISWMP ) of the Local Government Unit of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte. Garbage Receptacles are already available in the commercial and institutional establishments and puroks of the barangays most specifically in the coastal areas. In the interior areas, there are also indigenous designed receptacles situated in the strategic places where people used to converged.  The households are also allocated containers for their household residues.

Collection and Transport :

The collection and transport of Waste generated in the municipality is shouldered by the Municipal Government as part of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Program who utilizes a 1 unit Heavy Duty Dump Truck for Garbage Collection through active involvement by the Municipal Engineering Office Personnel. Recently, the Collection Services has temporarily suspended due to the unavailable dumping site but it is later on re-activated after the completion of the Material Recovery Facility construction.

Processing and Resource Recovery:

There are limited practices available on Resource Recovery in the municipality. Most of them are the Reuse, Refuse and Composting practices. Reuse for those non-biodegradable wastes such as cellophanes and other packing materials, refuse for the household left-overs which are usually serves as feeds for the domestic pets, and composting for biodegradable wastes specially  agricultural waste which are transformed into fertilizers. With  the availability of the Material Recovery Facility processing and resource recovery are organized in one venue, the MRF.

Solid Waste Treatment and Final Disposal :

The generated solid wastes is segregated in the collection process and transported into the MRF where segregated  solid wastes are placed in its assigned segregated room in the MRF building specially the reusables and recyclables. The bio-degradable waste are placed in the compost pit and the remaining wastes are dump into the dumping area within the MRF perimeter.

10.0 Port

Kauswagan had two (2) ports located at Barangays Tacub and Poblacion.Tacub Port with an estimated length of 150 linear meters was previously utilized as landing of various commercial ships hauling coconut oil from the Iligan Bay Manufacturing  Corporation (IBMC) located near the port of the same baranngay we back 19880’s but after the shut down of  the IBMC until now the port had just became a rest and recreational place for beach goers in the barangay. The Poblacion Port which  has  an estimated length of more  or less 500 linear meters, the  longest port in the region is closely similar use of the Tacub Port except that said port sometimes become fishport of some commercial fishing boats occasionally landed to transport fish  catched.

11.0 Municipal Cemetery

Kauswagan had two (2) under-developed cemeteries located at Barangays Bagumbayan and Libertad which are now over populated. The Bagumbayan Cemetery is administered by the  LGU and the Roman Catholic Church. The Libertad Cemetery administered by the LGU of Kauswagan.

12.0  Slaughterhouse

There is a sole slaughterhouse of the municipality located at Barangay Poblacion adjacent to the Kauswagan Public Market operated by the Municipal Economic Enterprise and Development Office (MEEDO) of  LGU – Kauswagan. Said facility is considered indigenous and non-commercial; in nature which has an area of more or less 15 square meters. Cattle and Swine are usually slaughted once a week.

13.0 Public Market

The Kauswagan Public Market in Barangay Poblacion is the common market of the municipality. The coastal  baarangays had an indigenous public  markets locally known as TALIPAPA where limited display of agricultural products are  in placed but only two of which are operational as of the moment. The Kauswagan Public Market is administered by the MEEDO Personnel financially subsidized by the LGU – Kauswagan. There are more or less 10 Block Tiendas and 20 Stalls located within the Market site. It also hosted Jeepney and tricycle terminals. Every Saturday a Market Day is held in the site since year 2002 until the present.