West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) has installed over 3,100 kilometers of new water pipelines across its concession area since its re-privatization in 2007. Combined, this pipe length translates to the distance between Manila and Tokyo, Japan.
This after Maynilad managed to install 17 kilometers of new pipelines in 2020 despite restrictions imposed by the community quarantine. The water company invested Php185 million in 2020 to lay new primary and secondary pipes in portions of Valenzuela, Muntinlupa, and Bacoor in Cavite, allowing more people to receive potable water straight from their taps.
“Laying new pipelines across our West Zone concession enables us to give more people access to potable, surface water. Hence, we continue to deploy workers in the field, ensuring that they follow strict health and safety protocols so that crucial pipe-laying activities will not stop,” said Maynilad Chief Operating Officer Randolph T. Estrellado.
In 2021, Maynilad is spending more than Php101 million to lay 13 kilometers of new pipes that will connect around 18,000 residents in Valenzuela and in Rosario and Bacoor, Cavite province to its water network.
The Maynilad water distribution system is the longest ISO-certified facility of its kind in the Philippines. It stretches from North Caloocan to Cavite Province and delivers over 2,600 million liters of potable water every day to the company’s over 9.8 million customers.
Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire in the Philippines in terms of customer base. It is the concessionaire of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (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 (west of South Super Highway), Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas and Malabon all in Metro Manila; the cities of Cavite, Bacoor and Imus, and the towns of Kawit, Noveleta and Rosario, all in Cavite Province.
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