West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) recently completed its ₱208-million pipe replacement project in Sampaloc, Manila, which improved water pressure and also reduced losses in the area.
The project involved the replacement of around one kilometer of old, leaky primary lines along Maria Clara and Quiricada Streets that had varying diameter sizes ranging from 600mm to 750mm.
With this project’s completion, water pressure in six Sampaloc barangays has increased from 7 psi (pounds per square inch) to as high as 16 psi, benefitting more than 40,200 residents. At a 16-psi pressure, water supply can reach the third storey of a structure without the aid of a booster pump.
The project also enabled Maynilad to recover around 3 MLD (million liters per day) of potable water that was previously lost through pipe leaks. This 3 MLD supply is enough to meet the water requirements of over 21,000 customers.
“The water we were able to recover from this project adds to the available supply that we distribute to our customers, thus helping to augment water supply this El Niño season. We aim to fast-track similar pipe replacement activities in other areas of our concession so we can further boost water recovery,” said Maynilad President and CEO Ramoncito S. Fernandez.
Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire in the Philippines in terms of customer base. It is a concessionaire of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) for the West Zone of the Greater Manila Area, which is composed of the cities of Manila (certain portions), Quezon City (certain portions), Makati (west of South Super Highway), Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas and Malabon, all in Metro Manila; the cities of Cavite, Bacoor and Imus, and the towns of Kawit, Noveleta and Rosario, all in Cavite Province.