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Baguio water quality improved during ECQ

26-05-2020
wastewater treatment, sewage monitoring, wastewater network, water monitoring, Philippines

It was not just the quality of air that improved in the eight weeks of restrained human activity under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), but also the city’s water quality. City Environment and Parks Management Officer-in-Charge Rhenan Diwas said that since the start of the ECQ, a marked improvement had been observed in the wastewater …

Vivant unit buys 45% of Palawan water company

17-02-2020
Vivant Corp, Philippines

Vivant Corp., through a unit, acquired a 45% interest in Faith Lived Out Visions 2 Ventures Holdings Inc. in partnership with the city of Puerto Princesa to develop a sewerage and septage facility. Vivant disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange Friday it received a notice from wholly-owned subsidiary Vivant Infracore Holdings Inc. that Vivant …

Beyond water service: Maynilad builds massive infrastructure projects to clean up Metro Manila waterways

21-01-2020
Maynilad, Philippines, water network, wastewater treatment

On a humid, cloudy afternoon in November, Angelita Imperio looks out from across her house at the nearby Estero de Santibañez, one of the tributaries that leads to Pasig River. She has already finished some of her tasks for the day: beside the estero, the concrete walkway was clean, and the plant boxes have been watered. She fastens the …

Duterte blames water firms for ‘contamination’ in Manila Bay

17-01-2020
Philippines, water treatment, wastewater treatment, pollution

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has recently blamed water concessionaires Maynilad and Manila Water for the heavy pollution in Manila Bay. In a speech during the National Baptist Day event in Pasay City, Duterte said Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, who chairs the Manila Bay Task Force (MBTF), could never completely clean up the body of …

Palace reminds Maynilad, Manila Water: Duterte won't compromise on water

16-12-2019
Philippines, water distribution, water treatment, drinking water

President Rodrigo Duterte cannot be swayed into a compromise on the government's supposedly onerous water concession contracts with Maynilad and Manila Water, the Malacañang Palace said Friday following the concessionaires' threat to double water rates. Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo reminded the water distributors of their …

Maynilad allots P53B for new sewer lines

10-10-2019
Maynilad, Philippines, wastewater treatment, water treatment

Maynilad Water Services, Inc. has allocated more than P53.4 billion (SGD $1.4 billion) to install new sewer lines spanning up to 425 kilometres starting next year until the end of its concession in 2037 to ensure the provision of sewerage services for its customers in the west zone. “Sewer pipes have to be laid at a lower depth compared to …

Maynilad allots P6 billion for sewer lines in Las Piñas

05-09-2019
Maynilad, Philippines, water network

Maynilad Water Services, Inc has said it is allocating more than P6 billion (SGD $160 million) for the installation of 30 kilometres (km) of sewer lines in Las Piñas City this year. In a statement, the west zone concessionaire said the 30km conveyance will be implemented in the fourth quarter. This project is part of a planned 80km sewage …

Editor’s pickBuilding a more resilient water network in the Philippines

31-07-2019
Grundfos, Philippines, Water, Network, Asia, Water security, Climate change, Infrastructure, Flood Control

By Leong Chee Khuan, Area Managing Director for South Asia and General Manager for Grundfos Pumps Sdn Bhd Water is a precious and increasingly critical resource. Water security has become one of our most urgent environmental crises as well as our fastest-growing social, political and economic challenges faced today. Increasing water …

Eight-to-twelve-hour water service interruptions in Metro as Angat nears critical level

20-06-2019
Philippines

Residents in the East Zone of Metro Manila will experience eight to twelve hours of rotational water service interruptions at night as the level in Angat Dam nears critical level, its concessionaire said on Tuesday. The Manila Water Co. Inc. will implement the new scheme after the National Water Resources Board (NWRB) further reduced its …

Philippine Government Urged to Explore Wastewater Treatment, Desalination options to address Water Woes

08-04-2019
Philippines, wastewater treatment, desalination

Amid the clamour for water supply in several areas in Cebu due to the effect of the dry season, an option that is being proposed to the Philippine government and large firms is the possible conversion of wastewater and saline water into potable water. Engineer Edgar Sibonga, executive director of the Provincial Water Resources Authority (PWRA), …

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