West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) joined other government agencies in the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding that seeks to protect waterways in Metro Manila from the indiscriminate discharge of untreated wastewater by some establishments and villages. The MOU establishes the respective roles of the relevant agencies in rehabilitating the Manila Bay through pollution prevention and control, and in ensuring compliance to Republic Act 9275 or the “Philippine Clean Water Act”.
In the photo are (from left), Maynilad Wastewater Management division head Antonio Garcia, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) deputy administrator Leonor Cleofas, Maynilad President and CEO Ramoncito S. Fernandez, MWSS administrator Reynaldo Velasco, Department of Environment and Natural Resources secretary Roy Cimatu, Laguna Lake Development Authority general manager Jaime Medina, LLDA assistant general manager Generoso Dungo, and Environmental Management Bureau director Metodio Turbella.
