Maynilad allots P4b this year to reduce non-revenue water

MAYNILAD Water Services Inc. is spending P4 billion in 2023 to reduce non-revenue water in the west zone of the Greater Manila Area, up by 25 percent from its NRW capital expenditure of P3.2 billion in 2022.

“We are accelerating our NRW Management projects this year so that we can recover more water supply for distribution to customers, in preparation for El Niño,” said Maynilad chief operating officer Randolph Estrellado.

Maynilad recovered 47 million liters per day of water in the first quarter of 2023, owing to the company’s water loss reduction initiatives. The recovered volume is enough to serve the supply requirements of as many as 241,000 people.

The company said that from January to March 2023, it replaced 31 kilometers of old pipelines and repaired of 7,832 pipe leaks in Quezon City, Manila, Muntinlupa and Las Piñas that significantly reduced its NRW.

Some of the improvements included a major leak repair along Osmeña Highway corner Zobel Roxas St. in Makati City, which yielded a water recovery of 17 MLD.

Maynilad also started the reactivation of 45 deep wells across the west zone with plans to commission two modular treatment plants in Cavite province, while tapping additional cross-border points with Manila Water in preparation for the El Niño dry spell.

The water company is also overseeing the construction of an auxiliary filtration system at Putatan Water Treatment Plant and sees through the operation of a new water treatment plant in Poblacion, Muntinlupa City.

It said the additional supply to be generated from the said projects would help improve supply reliability for some 700,000 Maynilad customers in parts of Manila, Parañaque, Pasay, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas and Cavite.

Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire in the Philippines in terms of customer base. It is the concessionaire of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System for the west zone of the Greater Manila Area.