Philippine utility to improve water services in south Manila

Maynilad Water Services will spend about PHP2.64bn ($61.65m) to improve and expand its water services across four cities in south Manila, the Philippines this year.

About $46.7m will be spent to extend Maynilad’s primary, secondary and tertiary pipelines in Cavite City and $10.41m will be invested to reinforce and replace primary lines along Daang Hari Highway from Muntinlupa and Las Piñas cities.

Maynilad president and CEO Ricky Vargas said the company is expediting its service improvement projects in Parañaque, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas, and Cavite because the residents in these areas have "waited too long" to have access to its services.

This year, the utility will develop over 182km of water pipes for these municipalities.

"With the support of the public and their respective local government units, we hope to serve even more households and establishments in the south this year," Vargas said.

The utility will spend over $1.35m on pipe replacement projects in the City of Parañaque to further improve water supply and pressure for customers in the area who are being supplied by Maynilad’s Villamor Pumping Station.

Image: The utility will deploy primary lines along Daang Hari Highway to improve water services in the south Manila. Photo: Maynilad Water Services.