East zone concessionaire Manila Water Company Inc. continues to expand its customer base, with 8,247 new domestic and non-domestic water connections recorded in the first quarter of 2023, representing 40 percent of its new water service connection target for the whole year.
The company said of the new water service connections, 8,052 connections are residential and 195 are commercial and industrial water connections. This increases Manila Water’s overall water service connections to 1,154,787, which translates to a total of 7,613,672 customers in the east zone of Metro Manila and Rizal province being provided with 24/7 water supply and quality sanitation services. Manila Water ended 2022 with 7,460,705 customers served.
Manila Water also recorded an increase in its sewer accounts, with 2,816 new sewer connections recorded from January to March, including 2,558 combined system accounts and 258 separate system accounts.
Manila Water’s sewer service connections reached 307,076, consisting of 71,029 under separate system and 236,047 under the combined system.