Manila Water Awarded Sewage Contract

Manila Water has been awarded a PHP1.8bn ($38m) contract from the Filipino Department of Defence (DND) to build a sewage treatment plant in Taguig City, Philippines.

The sewage treatment plant will be set up on a 2ha site and will improve the water quality of major river systems in Manila.

Part of the Taguig North Catchment Project (TNCP), the work includes setting up a sewage treatment plant at a cost of PHP800m ($17m) and the laying of pipes connecting the plant at a cost of PHP1bn ($21m).

Once completed in 2012, the plant will treat 60 million litres of water everyday, catering for 50,000 people living in Barangay, Western Bicutan.

The project is crucial to Manila Water’s PHP50bn ($1bn) three-river wastewater master plan, which will prevent the inflow of contaminated water to Metro Manila’s river systems in Marikina, Pasig and San Juan rivers.