The Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) clarifies that the government-built sewerage system discovered at the beachfront in May was built decades ago, with the necessary government approvals. Representatives from TIEZA and Boracay Island Water Company (BIWC or "Boracay Water") assured officials from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that the sewer system is operating and capacitized to prevent overflows to the beach waters. TIEZA pointed out that the major cause of manhole overflows and water pollution in Boracay is the refusal of many establishments to connect to the proper sewerage system and illegally tapped to the drainage line.

For its part, Boracay Water allayed the fears of DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu and presented its plan to upgrade and expand the sewer network along Balabag Main Road, which will accommodate higher flows coming from the beach front area. Boracay Water committed to complete the Balabag Sewer Network Rehabilitation Project in four months. This is a faster and more feasible alternative to relocating the sewer network which may affect more establishments and require acquisition of rights-of-way that may take a longer time to complete beyond the closure period. 

The newly-issued Executive Order No. 53 – Creating the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force directs TIEZA to undertake the completion of the drainage system program, to work with Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the establishment of flood control infrastructures, and to ensure the completion of the expansion programs of water and sewerage system in the three barangays of Boracay Island. TIEZA has mobilized the construction of the temporary discharge pipeline to fast track the rehabilitation activities in Boracay at the onset of the rainy season starting June. The temporary outfall will prevent flooding on various underground utilities and road construction projects while TIEZA and the DPWH augment their de-clogging activities in the drainage systems and sewerage facilities of Boracay. The outfall will have a discharge pipe extended up to 800 meters off the shore of Balabag beach. It will cater to drainage water from the central Boracay section.  

The Boracay Interagency Task Force, chaired by DENR, along with the local government of Aklan, TIEZA and Boracay Water are actively pursuing programs to address the island’s drainage and sewage issues to ensure Class SB quality of the beach waters. They are urging all establishments to do their share in contributing to the speedy rehabilitation of the Island by way of connecting to the existing sewerage system of Boracay Water to ensure that wastewater is properly collected and treated according to the standards of DENR.