IMS latest delivery to the Philippines, the company’s Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge has been successfully operational since early 2014 in Marikina River. IMS commemorated the occasion by presenting a replica of the Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge to Mayor Del R. De Guzman and his city engineers.
The dredge was purchased as part of the city government’s river rehabilitation and flood alleviation program.
“ We applaud Mayor Guzman for his forward thinking. He did the right thing by investing in a state-of-the-art flood prevention tool and saving the city millions of dollars in flood damages a year. We are seeing more and more of this progressive thinking in places like the Philippines where annual flooding is a way of life. If the municipal governments take care of their stretches of rivers and canals then overflows onto private and public property will be a thing of the past ,” said Ryan Horton, IMS Global Sales Director.
The dredge will continue to remove sand, mud and trash from the Marikina River and help maintain a clear waterway so high water flows don’t get caught up in bottle necks and overflow onto private and public property. The 5012 LP Versi-Dredge’s proprietary pump design can pass up to a 152mm (6 in.) solid making it the ideal hydraulic dredge for debris rich waterways.
In a television interview on PTV Omnibus Philippines, Marikina Vice Mayor Dr. Jose Fabian Cadiz explained the importance of the dredge: “ This is one of the primary projects of the Disaster Office, to dredge, deepen and to widen the whole course of the Marikina River within the City of Marikina.”
“ Marikina City, Olongapo and others purchasing dredges for flood prevention in the Philippines are setting the benchmark for flood control at the municipal level. I can think of a few other countries that should take notes from the City of Marikina and its leadership. At the end of the day it should be a much easier decision to buy a dredge than to pay millions in public and private property damage s,” said Horton .
IMS has supplied dredges to municipalities and private buyers in the Philippines since the 1990’s.
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Press Release, June 24, 2014