West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. said it is spending about P2.2 billion this year to replace 312 kilometers of old, leaky pipe in line with its program to reduce water losses and upgrade the distribution system.
It said it would replace old pipe in various portions of Quezon City, Muntinlupa, Parañaque and Bacoor City within the year to help recover about 28 million liters of water per day.
Recovering these water losses would be more than enough to supply the water needs of some 200,000 customers, the company said.
“Replacing old pipe is a part of the strategy to maximize existing supply for distribution to more areas. This is particularly important now as we strive to meet the ever-increasing water requirements of a growing population,” said Maynilad president and chief executive Ramoncito Fernandez.
Maynilad said that as of end-April 2019, it had already replaced some 2,355 kilometers of old pipelines within its concession area.
This represented about 58 percent of the old distribution system that the company inherited when it was re-privatized in 2007.
Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire in the Philippines in terms of customer base. It is the concessionaire of the MWSS for the west zone of the Greater Manila Area which is composed of the cities of Manila (certain portions), Quezon City (certain portions), Makati (certain portions), Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas and Malabon in Metro Manila; Cavite City and the towns of Bacoor, Imus, Kawit, Noveleta and Rosario in Cavite province.