MANILA, Philippines - West Zone water
concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. (Maynilad) is spending P360 million
for its ongoing pipelaying activities in Imus and Bacoor in Cavite province.
In a statement, the firm said 24.43
kilometers of new pipelines are currently being laid along Molino, Bayanan and
Mambog roads in Bacoor, and along Buhay na Tubig road in Imus, Cavite.
New primary, secondary and tertiary
pipelines are now being installed along Mambog Road (from Aguinaldo Highway to
Molino Blvd.), Bayanan Road (from Molino to San Nicholas), and Molino Blvd.
(from Niog to Mambog) in Bacoor.
Once pipelaying activities in Bacoor
are complete, Maynilad can bring potable surface water to over 15,340 Bacoor
households that used to rely on groundwater and water tanker deliveries for
their daily needs.
Pipelaying activites in Imus along
Buhay na Tubig Road (from Aguinaldo Highway to Lessandra Subdivision), on the
other hand, is expected to add 4,691 households in the Maynilad network.
Pipelaying activities are expected to
inconvenience motorists.
To assist motorists, Maynilad said it
is closely coordinating with the Bacoor Traffic Management Office to manage
traffic flow along the project area.
The work site is also fully enclosed
by board-up barricades, with appropriate lighting and traffic/warning signs.
Maynilad president and CEO Ricky
Vargas is optimistic that the project would be completed before the end of the
year.
“We are hoping to finish this project
as early as possible so Bacoor and Imus residents can already benefit from
24-hour water supply at a pressure of about 7 psi (pounds per square inch),” he
said.
Maynilad is the largest private water
concessionaire in the Philippines in terms of customer base.
It is a concessionaire of the MWSS for
the West Zone of the Greater Manila Area, which is composed of the cities of
Manila (all but portions of San Andres and Sta Ana), Quezon City (west of San
Juan River, West Avenue, EDSA, Congressional, Mindanao Avenue, the northern
part starting from the districts of the Holy Spirit and Batasan Hills), Makati
(west of South Super Highway), Caloocan, Pasay, Paranaque, Las Pinas,
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.
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