Maynilad to spend P101 million for new pipes this year

MANILA, Philippines — West-zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. is spending P101 million for the installation of new pipes this year as it aims to service more customers.

In a statement yesterday, Maynilad said it is set 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.

This will allow 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,”said Maynilad COO Randolph Estrellado.

“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,”he said.

Last year, Maynilad installed 17 kilometers of new pipelines despite restrictions imposed by the community quarantine.  It invested P185 million to lay new primary and secondary pipes in portions of Valenzuela, Muntinlupa, and Bacoor in Cavite.

The company 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,”Maynilad said.

The company targets to replace 173 kilometers of leaky old pipes this year, in various portions of its concession area.

It said pipe replacements for this year would allow it to recover around 33 million liters per day (MLD) of water, enough to supply the needs of around 33,000 households.

Maynilad’s 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. It serves the west zone or the areas of Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas, Malabon, and certain portions of Manila, Quezon City, Makati and Cavite.