West zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. said Monday it expanded its water service connections to over 1.5 million, after adding 797,852 connections to its network since re-privatization in 2007.
The water company said most of the connections were in unserved areas that Maynilad committed to provide with piped-in surface water.
“We have had to calibrate our expansion targets in recent years as higher water demand plus climate change effects are beginning to stretch available supplies. We will be able to connect more customers to the distribution network once new raw water sources are developed in partnership with MWSS, and higher volumes are recovered from our water loss reduction efforts,” said Maynilad president and chief executive Ramoncito Fernandez.
The company said with the added connections, about 98 percent of Maynilad consumers now have 24-hour water supply, up from only 46 percent in 2007.
Maynilad customers who receive their water supply at an average pressure of seven pounds per square inch also increased to 98 percent from 53 percent in 2007. Seven psi is the required pressure for water to reach the second floor of a building.
