MAYNILAD Water Services, Inc. announced on Thursday the completion of the first phase of its P4.6-billion Valenzuela sewerage project.
“Even as we facilitate projects to enhance water supply availability, we remain steadfast in our commitment to safeguarding public health and the environment through continued investments in wastewater management projects,” Maynilad President and CEO Ramoncito S. Fernandez said.
The west zone concessionaire said it has completed the laying of an initial 11.6 kilometers of new sewer lines in the city.
The sewer lines along Mac-Arthur Highway in Valenzuela enables the company to catch the wastewater generated by some 190,000 customers in Karuhatan, Malinta, Marulas, and parts of Maysan, the company said.
This first phase is part of the planned 28-kilometer sewerage system project of Maynilad in Valenzuela, which will catch wastewater and convey it to its recently commissioned 60-million-liters-per-day Valenzuela Water Reclamation Facility for treatment.
Maynilad serves Manila, except portions of San Andres and Sta. Ana. It also operates in Quezon City, Makati, Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas, and Malabon.
It also supplies the cities of Cavite, Bacoor, and Imus, and the towns of Kawit, Noveleta, and Rosario, all in Cavite province.
Metro Pacific Investments Corp., which has a majority stake in Maynilad, is one of three Philippine units of Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd., the others being Philex Mining Corp. and PLDT Inc.
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