Maynilad Water Services Inc. is eyeing to construct four more New Water treatment plants by 2025 after it started the piped-in distribution of water supply sourced from treated used water to two barangays in Parañaque City.
New Water is the term used by the company for the treated used water supply that it is now utilizing as an additional water source for its customers.
Maynilad said the additional New Water treatment plants will get treated used water from the company’s sewage treatment plants in Pasay, Muntinlupa, Parañaque and Valenzuela.
The company recently started the distribution of New Water following its receipt of a Conditional Operational Permit (COP) from the Department of Health (DOH) Metro Manila Center for Health Development.
The COP was issued by the DOH after passed a series of tests that proved its adherence to the Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water and met the World Health Organization guidelines on potable reuse.
The permit is also valid for 12 months and will be changed to a permanent permit once Maynilad consistently meets all the conditions set in the COP on the supply of New Water within the period, under the strict monitoring of DOH.
Prior to the COP issuance, New Water has been given a Certificate of Potability by the Parañaque City Health Office.
Maynilad’s New Water is the first implementation of potable water reuse in the Philippines, utilizing a P450 million treatment plant to utilize the used water discharged by its Parañaque water reclamation facility to convert it to drinkable water supply.
The facility’s 10 million liters per day output is blended with the supply produced by the company’s La Mesa treatment plants before conveyance to barangays San Isidro and San Dionisio in Parañaque City.
