MANILA, Philippines — West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. has spent nearly P350 million for the completion of its pipe replacement project to improve water quality and pressure in Quezon City.
The Pangilinan-led company has completed the replacement of 116 kilometers of pipes which addressed the problem of leaks and breakages in the 30-year-old distribution system that serves barangays Commonwealth, Holy Spirit, North Fairview, Greater Fairview, Bagbag, Payatas, and Batasan Hills.
The replacement of old secondary and tertiary pipelines allowed Maynilad to recover some four million liters of water per day (MLD) lost to leaks.
The recovered water is enough to supply the water needs of about 4,000 customers.
“We are sustaining infrastructure enhancements so that we can recover more supply and improve water pressure for existing customers, even as we connect more areas to our network,” Maynilad president and CEO Ramoncito Fernandez said.
The project also enabled Maynilad to improve water pressure from an average of seven pounds per square inch (psi) to as much as 16 psi for more than 25,000 households.
At 16 psi, water supply can reach the third floor of a house or establishment without the aid of a pump.
The pipe replacement project will also enable Maynilad to connect about 2,000 new customers to its distribution system who used to depend on expensive water deliveries.
This year, Maynilad is implementing pipe replacement projects in various portions of Quezon City, Valenzuela, Malabon, Caloocan, Manila, Pasay, Parañaque, Muntinlupa, and Kawit and Noveleta in Cavite.
Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire in the country in terms of customer base. It serves the areas of Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas, Malabon, and certain portions of Manila, Quezon City, Makati and Cavite.