The completion of four new reservoirs will add 211 million liters (ML) to Maynilad Water Services Inc.’s (Maynilad) water storage capacity by 2026.
Maynilad said Wednesday it is putting up new water storage facilities in separate sites to serve the water needs of clients in elevated areas.
“Households in elevated areas are typically affected by low water pressure whenever the demand goes up. Having more reservoirs will help to maintain supply availability despite strong water withdrawals from households in low-lying areas, so we’re building more of these storage facilities in strategic locations,” said Maynilad chief operating officer Randolph Estrellado.
The increased capacity will improve water delivery to consumers, especially those in low pressure areas, he said.
Maynilad is spending P2.8 billion for the four new water storage tanks in Quezon City, Valenzuela City and Muntinlupa City. Maynilad said the budget for additional storage is part of its P220-billion service enhancement program for 2023 to 2027.
Maynilad has 37 operational reservoirs that can store 751 million liters of treated water supply, up from only 10 reservoirs with 400-million-liter storage capacity after it rehabilitated 13 old reservoirs and constructed 14 new ones since 2007.
It said with the construction of four new reservoirs until 2026, its total combined water-storage capacity would reach 962 million liters.
Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire with over 10 million customers.