Maynilad Water Services Inc. has secured a permanent operational permit for its New Water Treatment Plant in Parañaque City which converts used water to drinking water.
The company said the permit was granted after eight months of stringent monitoring by the Department of Health – Metro Manila Center for Health Development and found the output of the facility in consistent adherence to the Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water and in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Code on Sanitation of the Philippines.
“Our receipt of a permanent operational permit for the New Water facility in Parañaque marks the start of our gradual expansion of direct potable water reuse applications, in line with efforts to develop other sustainable sources of raw water supply,” said Ramoncito Fernandez, Maynilad president and chief executive officer.
Fernandez said the company is now working to expand its New Water output by constructing similar treatment facilities that will catch the treated used water from its other sewage treatment plants for conversion to potable water.
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.
