Manila Water Asia Pacific

In 2010, Manila Water established Manila Water Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (MWAP) as its holding company for international ventures. It is the sole shareholder of Manila Water South Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd. (MWSAH), Thu Duc Water Holdings Pte. Ltd. (TDWH), Kenh Dong Water Holdings Pte. Ltd. (KDWH), and Manila Water (Thailand) Co.

Under MWAP are two (2) affiliated companies in Vietnam, namely Thu Duc Water B.O.O. Corporation (“Thu Duc Water”) and Kenh Dong Water Supply Joint Stock Company (“Kenh Dong Water”), both supplying treated water to Saigon Water Corporation (SAWACO) under a take-or-pay arrangement. Also under MWAP are Saigon Water Infrastructure Corporation (“Saigon Water”), a holding company listed in the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, and Cu Chi Water Supply Sewerage Company, Ltd. (“Cu Chi Water”).

Apart from its operations in Vietnam, MWAP has associates in Thailand and Indonesia through Eastern Water Resources Development and Management Public Company Limited (“East Water”), a fully integrated water supply and distribution company listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), and PT Sarana Tirta Ungaran (PT STU), an industrial water supply operation in Indonesia, respectively.

In the Middle East, MWAP has two (2) Management, Operation and Maintenance Contracts (MOMC) with the National Water Company (NWC) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its North West and Eastern Clusters. The MOMC contains the management, operations, and maintenance of the water and wastewater facilities to be undertaken through the consortium of Manila Water with Saur SAS and Miahona Company over a seven-year contract period, which entails the implementation of enabling projects and the deployment of key personnel to manage the cluster and achieve Key Performance Indicators target set by the NWC.

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What started out as a five-year management contract for a leakage-reduction project in 2008 between Manila Water and state-owned Saigon Water Company (SAWACO) in Ho Chi Minh City turned into a much longer and valuable business relationship between the two parties. 

When Manila Water successfully bid and won the project—the company's first venture outside of the Philippines—there was little knowledge of and familiarity with the culture, political landscape and regulatory environment in Vietnam. The success of the project not only allowed Manila Water to develop a progressive working relationship with its proponent, SAWACO, but also enabled the company to earn the trust of Vietnamese authorities and local partners that paved the way for the expansion of Manila Water’s business engagements in that country.

On December 8, 2011, Thu Duc Water Holdings Pte. Ltd. (TDWH) completed the acquisition of 49 percent interest in Thu Duc Water B.O.O. Corporation ("Thu Duc"). Thu Duc is a bulk water supply company with the second largest water treatment plant in Ho Chi Minh City, after the state-owned Thu Duc Water. It has a take-or pay bulk water supply contract with Saigon Water Company (SAWACO) with a minimum off-take of 300 million liters per day (MLD). 

On July 20, 2012, Kenh Dong Water Holdings Pte. Ltd. (KDWH) acquired 47.35 percent interest in Kenh Dong Water Supply and Joint Stock Company ("WASS"). Similar to Thu Duc, WASS is bulk water supplier in Ho Chi Minh City. Its water treatment plant located in the Cu Chi District has a capacity of 200 MLD. WASS has a bulk water supply contract with SAWACO for a guaranteed volume of 150 MLD. 

On October 8, 2013, Manila Water South Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd. (MWSAH) acquired a 31.47 percent minority stake in Saigon Water Infrastructure Corporation ("SII"), a listed water company in Vietnam. SII is intended by Manila Water to be its primary vehicle in its bid to further expand and strengthen its presence in Vietnam.

MWAP also acquired a 24.5 percent stake in another Vietnamese water firm, Cu Chi Water Supply Sewerage Company, Ltd. (“Cu Chi Water”), a water company in Vietnam, to engage in a BOO project to develop and operate the water supply system in Cu Chi district. Also under MWAP is another company tasked to pursue non-revenue water reduction projects in Vietnam called Asia Water Network Solutions ("Asia Water"). 

Meanwhile, the Company’s pilot leakage reduction project in Ho Chi Minh City which started in 2008 was completed in August 2014.

At present, Manila Water is the largest direct foreign investor in Vietnam’s water sector supplying half of the bulk water requirements of Ho Chi Minh City.

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In November 2015, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Manila Water Asia Pacific and Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum (PDAM) Tirtawening Kota Bandung, the regional water utility company owned by the Bandung City government for a demonstration project to reduce water system losses in Bandung, the capital of Indonesia's West Java province.

The pilot non-revenue water (NRW) reduction project involves feasibility studies and formation of district metering areas (DMA) to tackle water leakage. An area within RW 9, Kelurahan Gumuruh, Kecamatan Batununggal, has been selected for the pilot and creation of a DMA. The pilot DMA has approximately 360 households and an initial NRW of 49 percent.

The Bandung demo project may pave the way for the implementation of other projects for the development of water services in the city in accordance with Indonesian laws and regulations.

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In 2018, Manila Water signed a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire an 18.72% stake in Eastern Water Resources Development and Management Public Company Limited (“East Water”), a publicly-listed water supply and distribution company in Thailand.  This is Manila Water’s first point of entry into Thailand as part of the company’s ongoing expansion in Southeast Asia.

East Water provides raw and tap water supply services in the eastern region of Thailand—the country’s main industrial area and home to various heavy industries; including automotive, electronics, and petrochemicals.  Currently, East Water provides raw water supply to three provinces; holds concession contracts to operate in eleven different locations and provides water service to several industrial estates—all situated within a total area of 13,285 square kilometers

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Manila Water’s consortium with French water distributor Saur Group and Saudi’s Miahona Company successfully clinched two  seven-year Management, Operations and Maintenance Contract (MOMC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

In December 2020, Manila Water won the bid for its first project in Saudi Arabia and signed the MOMC for a seven-year agreement to manage and implement improvement initiatives for the water and wastewater systems of the North West Cluster. This cluster is one of six (6) regional clusters created under Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and National Water Strategy which restructures the water distribution services and engages private sector participation.

In October 2021, the National Water Company, Saudi Arabia’s state-run water agency, awarded another contract to the consortium to undertake the operation of the water and environmental treatment services in the Eastern Cluster of the largest oil producer in the Middle East, with a population of 5.27 million and a supply demand of about 1,800 million liters of water per day. The cluster includes the cities of Dammam, Al Hofuf, Al Jubail, Al Khobar, Al Qatif and Hafar Al Batin.

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