Despite the persistence of COVID-19 pandemic, which has been causing an increase in water consumption, government authorities and utility firms are confident that there will be no water crisis in the coming months, especially in summer. “We can assure of sufficient water supply for summer this...
Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) said it has “advanced” to the next step of the Certification Precondition (CP) process for the Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for the P12-billion Kaliwa Dam. This was...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has turned over a newly constructed diversion dam to a group of farmers in Bohol province. The P4-million diversion dam in the town of Guindulman, Bohol is expected to boost the rice production of the Awihaw Lombog Farmers Irrigators Association, said Assistant...
Maynilad Water Services, Inc. will continue to implement rotational service interruption until Sunday (November 29) more than two weeks since Typhoon Ulysses made landfall in the country and brought a lot of mud to the La Mesa Treatment Plant. In a statement, Maynilad said it is “constrained”...
It has been a week since Typhoon Ulysses made landfall in the Philippines, but Maynilad Water Services Inc. has yet to resume its normal production level due to continued high turbidity level of raw water in Ipo Dam. Jennifer Rufo, head of corporate communications at Maynilad, said the sustained...
In the aftermath of Typhoon Ulysses, which submerged many areas in the metropolis, concerns were now raised about the forthcoming construction of the P12-billion Kaliwa Dam, which is feared to worsen the flooding in Rizal province and Metro Manila. Photo credit:...
The release of water on Magat Dam, one of the biggest dams in Asia, that contributed to the severe flooding in Cagayan has been announced, and that there's nothing else the government could have done to stop it, an official at the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said in a phone interview....
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) will install two modular treatment plants (MTP) in Cavite that would be enough to supply the needs of some 50,000 customers in the area. Tapping rivers in Cavite as an alternative raw water source is part of Maynilad’s initiative to...
Treasure (Twitter) K-pop boy band Treasure made a great start in their music career by posting the highest first-week album sales among artists who made their debut this year. Treasure made their debut on Aug. 7 with single album “The First Step: Chapter One.” The physical version was...
Park Bo Gum is back By Seven Bueno Byeon Woo Seok, Park So Dam, and Park Bo Gum Netflix just released a teaser trailer of their upcoming series Record of Youth (Original Korean Title: 청춘기록). Although the series is set to be released by September this year, here’s what we know so far. Park...
