Maynilad sets R10 B for new sewer lines

West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) will spend as much as R10 billion in the span of five years for the setting up of 183.6 kilometers (km) of sewer lines to expedite the provision of sewerage services for its customers.

The new sewer lines will be laid in the cities of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Las Piñas and Muntinlupa (Brgy. Poblacion), and in the municipality of Kawit in Cavite Province. This investments will enable Maynilad to catch wastewater generated by some 2 million customers in the area, and convey it to Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) for proper treatment.

“Maynilad knows the utmost importance of maintaining the health of communities and the environment through proper wastewater management. The installation of these new conveyance systems is part of our commitment to expand sewerage services to the entire West concession area,” said Maynilad President and CEO Ramoncito S. Fernandez.

The installation of these new sewer lines will begin in the second half of 2018, and is targeted for completion by 2022.

Once operational, the improved wastewater infrastructure will allow Maynilad to convey wastewater to STPs in the area with a combined treatment capacity 320 million liters of wastewater per day.

Maynilad is also currently laying sewer lines in Valenzuela, Parañaque and Muntinlupa City (Brgy. Cupang and Brgy. Tunasan).

From only two wastewater treatment facilities before reprivatization in 2007, Maynilad has already built 18 more, enabling it to treat some 502 million liters of wastewater as of September, 2017.