Water Resource

The city's main water supply comes from the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) while few get their supply from the city-provided artesian wells. A number of households is also served by privately-owned water system. Three of the city's barangays have organized their own Waterworks System. One of these, the Tabok Rural Waterworks System is a Galing Pook Awardee.

The city is also host to water wells/stations of MCWD. A Sinkhole, which is located in Barangays Banilad and Cabancalan, is feeding the city's aquifer.

As of June 30, 2002, about 70% of the total number of households has access to potable water coming from Level II and Level III Water System. Level III Water System is provided by MCWD of which, about 65% of the total number of households are served. This percentage is higher than the national average of Level III coverage which is at 36.80%.

Level II (communal water system) serves about 5% of the total households. Level I Water Supply (point source system: artesian/shallow/unprotected wells) is serving about 23.5% of the total households which is greater than the national average of 6.6%.

Power Supply

Electricity is provided by the Visayan Electric Company (VECO).

About 71.6% of the total number of households is served by VECO.