ManilaWater.com
Title
Manila Water Company
Contact
- Manila Water Company, Inc.
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- Quezon City MM
- Philippines 1105
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Description
The beginning...
The water distribution network in Metro Manila before 1997 was in bad shape. Unregistered connections tapped to the city's aging mainlines were everywhere. Access to water supply by a growing metropolis was spotty, with only a few areas actually experiencing 24-hour supply. And the leaks were all over the place.
This situation prompted the Philippine government to enact the National Water Crisis Act in 1995, to address the burgeoning population's need for improved water services.
The pragmatic solution was to turn over the operation of the network to the private sector. Thus, in August 1997, the Ayala-led Manila Water Company took over the operation of the East Zone of Metro Manila as agent and contractor of the government-owned Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System under a 25-year concession agreement. The concession agreement also granted Manila Water exclusive rights to the use of land and facilities for the production, treatment and distribution of water, as well as the rights to operate the sewerage system.
