Maynilad Water Services Inc. has plugged more than 28,000 pipe leaks in the first half of 2024, bringing the company’s total number of leaks repaired to 523,111 since 2007. 

The company said in a statement yesterday plugging these leaks enabled Maynilad to recover around 198 million liters of water per day in the first half of 2024.

Maynilad this is enough to supply the requirements of 198,000 people.

The company aims to repair a total of 50,000 pipe leaks throughout its concession within the year, its highest annual target.

 Maynilad said leaks repair in its distribution system is a major component of non-revenue water (NRW) management program which seeks to bring down physical and commercial water losses. 

For this year alone, Maynilad allotted P791 million for active leakage control and increased its manpower complement so it can deploy more teams to conduct leak detection activities simultaneously over a wider area and to speed up the fixing of leaks.

 Maynilad has also begun using artificial intelligence for detecting pipes leaks and for monitoring pipe condition so it can proactively replace pipelines even before a breakage occurs.

 “Bringing down water losses is a task that we take very seriously, reason why we have dedicated more resources and tapped new technologies to find and plug leaks in the system. The public can also help in this effort by actively reporting pipe leaks and illegal connections to Maynilad,” said Ryan Jamora, Maynilad central NRW division head, in a statement.

 Aside from leak detection and repair, other activities under Maynilad’s NRW management program include network diagnostics, establishment of district metered areas, replacement of old water meters, selective pipe replacement, installation of pressure-regulating valves and anti-water pilferage drive.

Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire in the Philippines in terms of customer base serving the cities of Manila, Quezon City, Makati, Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas and Malabon as well as the cities of Cavite, Bacoor and Imus, and the towns of Kawit, Noveleta and Rosario in Cavite Province.