Metro Pacific Water Solutions, a unit of conglomerate Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), is working closely with the city governments of Iloilo and Dumaguete in building sewage treatment plants (STPs) using new technology.
According to MPWS president and CEO Christopher Andrew B. Pangilinan, the existing membrane bioreactor (MBR) the company is using for clients at present is an old technology with very limited capacity.
“We’re looking at new technology because of the rapid evolution of both water and wastewater treatment. We’ve been going around talking to several technology partners as we try to expand the capacity of the company,” he said.
“One concern, as always with STPs, is the space needed by new technology. So we’re looking at new technologies that can be more compact, more suitable for our market here,” he said.
The MPWS targets providing wastewater and sewage systems for the Visayan cities on top of the water distribution services they already provide.
Pangilinan said the cities of Iloilo and Dumaguete do not own municipal sewage systems like most LGUs and that both work closely with the company to put up a sewage treatment plant in their midst. “They have two STPs we are now upgrading and producing recycled water,” Pangilinan said.
In the absence of STPs, septic tanks are merely drained and the waste dumped into the ocean or any body of water. The MPWS, however, treats its wastewater first prior to the discharge.
Pangilinan said new technology increases efficiency and expands capacity that allows them to cater to the needs of more clients.
MPWS has 30 years experience in the business of providing small-, large-, and municipal scale wastewater systems and has built and designed some 700 plants for customers in more than 100 STPs nationwide.
Its clients range from zoos to commercial establishments such as malls and builds STPs for affiliate Maynilad Water Services Inc., the West Zone concessionaire, as well.
Most of the firm’s business now is business to business and has contracts with SM Malls, Walter Mart and PLDT Inc.
