West zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. plans to increase water supply within its service area by 163 million liters per day through several augmentation projects this year.
“As these supply augmentation projects gradually come on stream over the course of the year, we should be able to generate more water supply for distribution to customers. This will cushion the impact of any supply constraints that may arise once the effects of El Niño are felt by the latter part of this year,” said Maynilad president and chief executive Ramoncito Fernandez.
Maynilad said it would reactivate 45 deep wells across the west zone in preparation for the El Nino dry spell. It also plans to commission two modular treatment plants in Cavite while tapping additional cross-border points with Manila Water. The water company is also overseeing the construction of an auxiliary filtration system at Putatan Water Treatment Plant, and sees through the operation of a new water treatment plant in Poblacion, Muntinlupa for production of an initial 50 MLD.
The additional supply from the projects will help improve supply reliability for some 700,000 Maynilad customers in parts of Manila, Parañaque, Pasay, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas and Cavite, it said.Maynilad also expects to recover more water for distribution through its non-revenue management program that involves active leakage control, selective pipe replacements and closure of illegal connections, among other activities.
Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire in the Philippines in terms of customer base. It is the concessionaire of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System for the west zone of the Greater Manila Area.
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