East zone water concessionaire Manila Water Co. will conduct service improvement activities in two cities and two municipalities in Metro Manila starting Thursday, Oct. 26. According to Manila Water, ongoing line maintenance will cause little to no water in Quezon City, Cainta and Antipolo in...
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), along with Manila Water Co. and Maynilad Water Services, Inc. signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to protect three watersheds by 2047. Spearheaded by the MWSS, the Integrated Watershed Management Roadmap for Angat, Ipo, and La Mesa...
East zone concessionaire Manila Water Co. will conduct service interruptions in Rizal, San Juan, and Quezon City starting Oct. 23 to 26. According to Manila Water, little to no water will be experienced during the late evenings to early mornings due to line maintenance and leak repairs. Meanwhile,...
Boracay Water, a subsidiary of Manila Water Co., will provide free sewer connections to residents on the island. In a statement, Manila Water said the company has allocated P108 million for the installation of sewage lines for around 1,860 households located within a distance of 60-100 meters from...
West zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. announced a week-long water disruptions in parts of Caloocan, Navotas, and Valenzuela. Starting Monday, Oct. 23, Maynilad will conduct network maintenance activities during the late evenings and early mornings which will result in minimal to no...
Maynilad Water Services, Inc. has announced plans to upgrade the Putatan Water Treatment Plants (WTP) 1 and 2 in Muntinlupa City to address the worsening water condition in Laguna Lake. With an allocated budget of P1.14 billion, Maynilad said in a statement on Thursday, Oct. 19, that it aims to...
East zone concessionaire Manila Water Co. has expanded its customer reach to 7.6 million. In a statement on Thursday, October 19, the water utility company said it achieved a total of one million connections in service expansion over the past 26 years. As of July 23, Manila Water was able to...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Monday, October 16 underscored the need to protect the country’s water supply in the face of the continuing threat of climate change. “We live in the constant threat of water security — an increasing population count, urbanization,...
Metro Manila’s two water concessionaires Maynilad Water Services, Inc. and Manila Water Co. announced a week-long maintenance starting Monday, Oct. 16. Parts of Caloocan, Makati, Mandaluyong, Navotas, Quezon City, Rizal, and San Juan will expect little to no water during the late evenings and...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of former acting general manager Jamaloden H. Faisal of the Tugaya Water District in Lanao del Sur for graft and malversation of public funds in the P10 million water supply improvement project in 2011. Affirmed were Faisal's six to 10 years prison term...
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has granted a P375-million loan to the Puerto Princesa City Water District (PPCWD) to improve its services and address the needs of the city's growing population. DBP President and CEO Michael O. de Jesus (second from left) is shown during...
By Henrylito D. Tacio It’s either too much water or none at all. That seems to be the gist of the post of former agriculture secretary Emmanuel Piñol in his social media account. “For a country which literally is submerged in floodwater during the typhoon season, the Philippines is facing a...
