MANILA Water Co., Inc. has renewed its call to its customers to avail of the water concessionaire’s desludging services to prevent the clogging of septic vaults.
Desludging will help protect waterways, creeks, and rivers from untreated septic tank overflow, the company added.
“It is important to do septic tank cleaning and siphoning every five to seven years to ensure that the wastewater collected from septic vaults will undergo proper treatment through Manila Water’s septage treatment plants before they are discharged back to creeks and waterways,” said Manila Water Corporate Communication Affairs Group Head Jeric T. Sevilla, Jr.
Manila Water said that barangays scheduled for this month will not be charged any additional fees to avail of the desludging services. It also added that customers will only need to coordinate with their respective barangay offices for their siphoning schedules.
Select residents from barangays from Manila, Marikina, San Juan, Mandaluyong, and Rizal, among others, would be able to avail of the septic tank cleaning this July.
“If not on the list, please verify the desludging schedule of your barangay by calling the Manila Water Consumer Desk Hotline 1627,” Mr. Sevilla said.
Prior to the desludging schedule, Manila Water will also be conducting a census or survey of each location to keep track of the residents’ desludging cycle.
It also advised customers to ensure that their septic tanks are already uncovered on the actual day of desludging to help expedite the siphoning process and to avail of the desludging service even if their septic tanks are not yet full.
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