West zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. is spending around P16.5 billion from 2023 to 2027 to further reduce its water losses, a top executive said over the weekend.
“We have dedicated more resources toward the reduction of losses so we can speed up water volume recovery in time for El Niño. We hope that we continue to get the support of the relevant government agencies and local government units in facilitating the release of permits and other requirements needed for our NRW projects,” said Maynilad chief operating officer Randolph Estrellado.
The bigger share of P10 billion will go to pipe replacement projects throughout its concession area over the five-year period, with majority of the projects to be undertaken in Manila, Quezon City and Caloocan. Most of the pipelines in these areas are aging and should be replace soon, the company said.
Maynilad said it would use the remaining P5.84 billion for the meter management projects, establishment of smaller District Metered Areas, leak repairs and diagnostic activities as well as leak detection equipment and technical services.
The company’s pipe replacement program significantly reduced non-revenue water to 43 percent in 2022 from 68 percent in 2006, translating to 413 million liters per day of water recovered.