Allocation from Angat Dam for Metro Manila water concessionaires will be retained to 50 cubic meters per second (CMS) for the first 15 days of April and may be reduced to 48 CMS from April 16 to 30, according to Ricky Arzadon, executive director of the National Water Resources Board (NWRB).
Arzadon said NWRB has yet to decide if allocation will further be reduced by May and June.
“It will be dependent on circumstances. We cannot tell at the moment but we have projections,” Arzadon said.
At 48 CMS allocation, no water interruption may be experienced in Metro Manila next month but lower water pressure will still be implemented during off-peak hours.
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System has ordered water concessionaires to prepare for mitigating measures, including the deployment of static tanks.
Ronald Padua, Maynilad Water Services Inc. water supply operations head, said over 100 static tanks have been deployed in highly elevated areas which may be affected with the impending lower water pressure.
Static tanks are small reservoir but still bigger compared to a normal household water tank.
Meanwhile, Maynilad inaugurated yesterday a P650-million modular treatment plant in Muntinlupa City to treat raw water from Laguna Lake using ceramic ultrafiltration technology.
The Laguna Lake Modular Treatment Plant can produce 20 million liters per day of potable water supply, augmenting the production of Maynilad’s three existing treatment facilities in Muntinlupa that also use Laguna Lake as a source.
The use of ModTPs that tap alternative sources to Angat Dam form part of Maynilad’s service enhancement program.
