Razon’s Wawa dam project to supply water by 2021

Infrastructure company Prime Infra has drawn an aggressive plan to accelerate delivery of 80 million liters per day (MLD) of raw water supply by 2021.

In a statement, the firm said output will be further upgraded to over 500 MLD by 2025. The project is calendared for Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) board of trustees’ approval next week, May 9, 2019.

“The Wawa water supply project is among the priority projects that was presented and submitted already by MWSS Administrator Reynaldo Velasco to President Rodrigo Duterte. We look forward to the endorsement of MWSS to authorize its concessionaire, Manila Water, to move forward with this high priority project.“ said Prime Infra Chairman and CEO Enrique K. Razon Jr.

The results of the joint technical study between Wawa JVCO, the joint venture company of Prime Infra and the San Lorenzo Ruiz Builders Group of businessman Oscar Violago, and Manila Water, where MWSS appointed an observer, was presented to Administrator Velasco last April 15, 2019.

This was subsequently presented to the MWSS trustees during their April 23, 2019 board meeting.

It laid down an aggressive plan to ensure water supply security in Manila Water’s service area with the over 500 MLD new water source, accelerate water availability by immediately delivering 80 MLD by 2021, and provide operational flexibility and reliability to bring water where it is needed most.