Maynilad lifts water interruptions

MANILA, Philippines — West zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. has lifted the daily water service interruptions imposed in parts of its service area indefinitely, due to the rains in the past days.

Maynilad said the rains brought about by Tropical Storm Dodong helped raise the water level at Ipo Dam.

This in turn enabled the west zone concessionaire to get its required 2.4 million liters per day from the Ipo Dam portal, despite lower releases from Angat Dam.

“We will provide an update once the daily nighttime service interruptions will again have to be reinstated,” Maynilad said.

Last July 12, the water company implemented water service interruptions for 591,000 customers in affected barangays in Caloocan, Malabon, Valenzuela, Navotas, Quezon City and Manila.

The daily service interruptions were limited to the nighttime hours of 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. or to 6 a.m. in the affected areas.

The service interruption came after the National Water Resources Board effectively reduced the raw water allocation of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and its concessionaires to 48 cubic meters per second after Angat’s water level breached the 180-meter minimum operating level.

Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire in the Philippines in terms of customer base.

It is a 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 (west of South Super Highway), Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas and Malabon; and the cities of Cavite, Bacoor and Imus, and the towns of Kawit, Noveleta and Rosario.