The Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) has moved the P200 million pipe realignment project in Sobriedad, Sampaloc City to a later date following a deluge of requests from customers to allow them more time to prepare for the scheduled water interruption.
The Maynilad administration deferred the activity to commence on October 29 till November 21, 2021 from the previously announced schedule that should start on October 25 to October 28, 2021.
“We coordinated with the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage Service regarding this request, and it has been agreed that the project implementation be pushed back slightly,” Maynilad said.
The new schedule coincides with the break for Undas when people typically go to the provinces and fewer customers are expected to be home, thus mitigating the impact of the service interruptions on consumers.
“The list of affected areas and their corresponding service interruption schedules remains the same; only the dates of implementation were pushed back. The change will be reflected in all of our communications collaterals so that affected customers are guided,” the water company said.
Given the deferment, Maynilad will also use the extra time to further increase the deployment of mobile water tankers and stationary water tanks, with the assistance of local government units and the local fire bureaus.
Maynilad will provide updates over the course of the succeeding weeks, right up to the project implementation until its completion November 1, 2021.