Manila Water activates treatment plant

MANILA, Philippines - The Manila Water Co. announced over the weekend the commissioning of its Taguig North Sewage Treatment Plant, which will benefit the company’s east zone concessionaires.

The plant can process 75 million liters of used water per day and will treat domestic used water for 292,000 resident beneficiaries and discharge a “Class C” effluent, which is safe for recreational water activities and marine life, to the Maricaban Creek. It was built to expand the Ayala-led firm’s sewage services in the cities of Taguig and Makati.

“Built with world-class design and technology, this project is a major milestone in our efforts to improve health and sanitation in the East Zone, as well as aid in the preservation of our rivers by ensuring used water is no longer polluted when it is returned to our waterways,” said Geodino Carpio, Manila Water operations group director.

The plant, built underground, is equipped with a sequencing batch reactor technology described by Manila Water as a cost-efficient innovation that lessens the facility’s carbon footprint. It runs underneath the Liwasan ng Kagitingan at Kalikasan (Valor and Nature Park) that houses the murals created by sculptor Jose “Al” Giroy portraying key events in Philippine history.

The Department of National Defense donated the two-hectare land on which the facility is built in a memorandum of agreement signed in 2010.

Manila Water services around 6.3 million customers in Pasig, Makati, San Juan, Taguig, Pateros, Marikina, Mandaluyong and parts of Quezon City, Manila and Rizal province.