Maynilad Water Services Inc. said it will deploy a mobile water treatment plant to Marawi City to provide potable water for the troops and civilians in the war-stricken city.
Maynilad’s mobile water treatment plant, which uses reverse osmosis and chlorination technology to remove bacteria and contaminants from any water source, can produce about 7,000 gallons of water per day”•enough to meet the daily drinking requirements of some 17,000 people.
Maynilad recently turned over the mobile water treatment plant to the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Civil Relations Service after training its personnel on the proper operation and maintenance of the equipment.
“Clean water is a basic need of our soldiers, so we appreciate this support from Maynilad. We also plan to share the water produced by the mobile treatment plant with the displaced Maranao families in the evacuation centers,” said Brig. Gen. Joseph Acosta, surgeon general of the AFP.
Maynilad also donated clothes, 500 pieces of bottled water and 150 portable water microfilters to the soldiers and the families in the evacuation areas.
The company said the initiative was being done in partnership with the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System headed by administrator Reynaldo Velasco, who responded to the request of Acosta to augment the diminishing supply of potable water for government troops and civilians in Marawi City.
“Aside from meeting the immediate need for potable water, Maynilad is also looking into providing more sustainable ways of helping Marawi once the war is over and rehabilitation efforts begin,” said Maynilad president and chief executive Ramoncito Fernandez.
Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire in the Philippines in terms of customer base.