MAASIN City Mayor Nacional Mercado said they already have a "person of interest" who was allegedly behind the contamination of the city's water source.
The "person of interest" allegedly poured the water source with kerosene, sending panic to some residents recently.
Despite what happened, Mercado clarified that the no one was killed or harmed when the breach took place at the Maasin Water District's (MWD) main source in the mountain of Canlited, Barangay San Jose, on June 15 contrary to some reports.
"Official police report in Maasin City does not record of any fatality caused by intake or use of water from Maasin Water District," Mercado told VoxPop Philippines.
"In fact, according to the police, no complaints of any harm or injury caused by MWD water were ever received by its station since June 15, 2018, the day when the intentional pollution of MWD water allegedly occurred until the present," he added.
According to the mayor, no hospital, public or private, or any health clinic in the city has reported of any such incident.
Mercado said that police and security personnel are strictly guarding the reservoirs of MWD to prevent similar malicious mischief.
Water district employees had already decontaminated and conducted flushing procedure at the said water source, while authorities have conducted an investigation over the incident. (VoxPop Philippines)
