BARLIS, ELIJAH R. Jan.

24, 2020
CE501-CE51FA1 Engr. Allan Benugsudan

On our first plant visit, we visited the Manila Water Company, Inc. and one of the personnel there
discuss the brief history of Manila Water Company, Inc. Manila Water Company, a publicly listed
company and a subsidiary of Ayala Corporation, holds the exclusive right to provide water and used
water services to over six million people in the Manila Water Concession, particularly the East Zone of
Metro Manila and Rizal Province consisting of 23 cities and municipalities.
The National Water Crisis Act enacted by the Philippine government paved the way for government-
run Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to turn over the operation of water utilities
in the East Zone concession to Ayala-led Manila Water, and the West Zone of Metro Manila to Maynilad
Water Services, Inc. in August 1997. This was brought about by the various water supply problems when
only 26 percent of the area's population had access to round-the-clock water supply due to high system
losses caused by illegal connections, meter tampering, and leaking pipelines. This Concession Agreement
was originally for a period of 25 years, due to expire in 2022. In 2009, it was extended by another 15
years by MWSS and the Philippine government, extending the concession until 2037.
As the agent and concessionaire of MWSS, the Concession Agreement gives Manila Water the right to
the use the land and operational fixed assets, and the exclusive right to extract and treat raw water,
distribute and sell water, and collect, transport, treat and dispose used water discharged by the sewerage
system in the East Zone.
We visited the water treatment plant facility of Manila Water Company, Inc. and we’ve learned
how they do the treatment of water process by process until the water is able to consume. This made us
have the interest of conserving the water because we saw how important the water for our everyday use
is. We also ask how much water they do produce in a day. They said that they produce 470 million liter or
water in a day. Manila Water Company, Inc. supplies water to the east zone namely,
Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Pateros, San Juan, Taguig, Marikina, most parts of Quezon City, portions
of Manila, as well as the following towns of
Rizal: Angono, Antipolo, Baras, Binangonan, Cainta, Cardona, Jalajala, Morong, Pililla, Rodriguez, San
Mateo, Tanay, Taytay and Teresa.