West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. on Sunday said it has expanded its water service connections to 1,386,504 accounts after connecting 753,206 service accounts or over 5.2-million customers since its reprivatization in 2007.
With its increased service connections, Maynilad now provides potable water to more than 9.5-million people, a 55-percent hike from the 6.1-million customers it served 11 years ago.
In the first half of 2018 alone, a total of 28,641 new service accounts were added to Maynilad’s distribution network.
Around 98 percent of Maynilad customers have 24-hour water supply, which is up from only 32 percent enjoying the same service level in 2006.
Moreover, 100 percent of Maynilad customers receive their water pressure at the average pressure of 7 psi (pounds per square inch).
At 7 psi, water supply can reach the second floor of a building without the aid of a booster pump.
“Having access to potable water should be the least of our customers’ concerns. Hence, we continue to lay the pipelines that will enable is to connect the most far-flung areas in our concession where people still rely on deep wells or expensive water deliveries from vendors,” Maynilad president and chief executive officer Ramoncito Fernandez said.
For 2018, Maynilad has earmarked more than P9 billion for capital expenditure projects, of which P6.6 billion will be for water infrastructure investments, he said.