PhilFresh Meats Corp. Broiler Production Project is a private business that is involved in commercial chicken broiler raising. This type of business is a water-intensive project that requires reliable sources of water to ensure the survival of the stocks, hence the success of the venture. Livestock raising involves multiple stages and every stage requires different level of water requirement. Water is indispensable in livestock raising for drinking and hygiene requirements of the stocks. In this project all the potential water sources such as groundwater, surface water, and rainwater, were evaluated in terms of both quantity and quality. Groundwater source was given particular attention because of ease and simplicity of operation. Whatever water source will be available for the project, storage and pumping are necessary and therefore proper location and sizing of the storage tanks and deepwells and pumps must be considered during the planning and construction phase.
The chicken broiler structures will be built within Lot 296 which has a total of 87,365 sqm. But the primary concern of the project is the source of water, and so the scope of water evaluation was not limited to Lot 296 exclusively, but the adjacent areas were also investigated. The investigation was undertaken through the following activities:
a. Spring source inventory
b. Surface water source inventory4
c. Evaluation of rainfall pattern in Baungon, Bukidnon
d. Hydrogeological investigation of geologic rock formation
The PhilFresh Meats Broiler Project, to be referred here as the Project for brevity, is located in Sito Kitaro, Bgy. Lingating, Municipality of Baungon, Province of Bukidnon, Figure 1. It lies at approximately 8.3549o Latitude, and 124.6140oE Longitude. It can be reached from Cagayan de Oro City via about 17 kilometers concrete road and private gravel road to the property.
Climate in Baungon, Figure 2, belongs to Type III climate system of the Modified Coronas Classification which means that there is no pronounced rainy season while the dry period lasts only one to three months usually from the period of December to February or March to May. Rainfall data for Baungon were adapted from several rain gauge stations in the area. These are synoptic station from Lumbia Station now transferred to El Salvador City, and Malaybalay Station in Bukidnon. Average monthly rainfall in Baungon is given in Table 1 and graphically represented in Figure 3.
Figure 2. Climate Map of the Philippines – Modified Coronas Classification
Table 1. Average Amount of Rainfall in Baungon, Bukidnon
Fig. 3. Graphical Presentation of Average Rainfall and number of rainy days in Baungon, Bukidnon
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