Water

INACTION on the part of legislators is one of the reasons some parts of the Philippines outside Metro Manila remain waterless, NEDA officials said Monday.

Ayala firm gets 15-year contract extension MANILA, Philippines–Water rates in Metro Manila will no longer be increased—at least for this year.

The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System has finally approved the request of Manila Water Co. Inc. to extend its concession agreement by another 15 years from 2022 to 2037, Manila Water president Jose Rene Almendras said yesterday.

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Ayala-led Manila Water Co., Inc. plans to increase its capital expenditures in the East Zone concession of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) if it would be granted an extension in its contract.

CABANATUAN CITY , Philippines  – The water supply of some nine million people in Central Luzon is seriously being threatened because of siltation caused by degradation of surrounding watersheds in the Pantabangan and Angat Dams, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said yesterday.

Failure to tap other source of water may result in acute water shortage in Metro Manila and nearby provinces by 2015, the representatives of the Manila Water Co. Inc. and Maynilad Water Services Inc. told Congress on Monday.

MANILA, Philippines – Fisherfolk organizations opposed yesterday the plan of Maynilad Water Services Inc. to tap Laguna Lake as water source.

There will be no increase in water rates in the greater Metro Manila area this year, the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) announced yesterday.

Maynilad Water Services Inc. is mulling legal remedies in order to push through with its botched rate hike this year.

A WHAT?: All businesses and households in Metro Manila, home to some 12 million residents spread over 620 square kilometers, pay a hefty “sewer” charge with their water bill, but most of them are not even aware of it.

Higher rate adjustments loom   THE Regulatory Office of state-run Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS-RO) has thumbed down proposals for the extension of the concession contracts for the East and West zones.

I was in Iloilo last week when I stumbled into a story that had dangerous overtones. This was when Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas declared that water refilling stations without sanitary permits would be closed.