THE fast-growing population in the upland mining barangay (village) of Didipio in Kasibu town, Nueva Vizcaya, has prompted OceanaGold to provide it with a P37-million water system.

The Didipio community has a population of about 4,000 individuals and an estimated 900 households. The natural spring water is the main source of the community’s drinking water as outlined in OceanaGold’s 2017 Mine Rehabilitation Fund Committee report, Water Resource Study for Barangay Didipio.