Manila Water posted a net income growth of 3 percent for the 1st semester of 2017, supported by revenue expansion of 4 percent largely bolstered by its non-Manila concession businesses.

Bringing pride to the Philippines, Laguna Water’s “Portable Toilet Solution (PTS): Sustainable Sanitation for the Base of the Pyramid” has made it to the top 10 and was selected as runner-up in the 2017 Ideas for Action, a global youth competition on innovative ideas for financing and implementing United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), organized by the World Bank Group and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School.

Manila Water formalized its joint venture agreement with the Calasiao Water District for a 25-year project that will improve and expand the provision of water supply in the municipality of Calasiao in Pangasinan.

The Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) approved a 1.12% increase or a 28-centavo per cubic meter increase in the Foreign Currency Differential Adjustment (FCDA) for the third quarter of this year for East Zone concessionaire Manila Water Company.

The Manila Water Representative Office in Vietnam (MWC-VRO) has moved to a new location at the second level of 18 Dien Bien Phu, District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City.