A collaboration promoting water access, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in schools, LCFWinS: Lingap Eskwela sa Pandemya program was named the Outstanding CSR Collaboration Project in the recently concluded 2022 League of Corporate Foundations (LCF) CS

In line with the observance of National Disaster Consciousness Month in July, Manila Water prepares to energize all eight (8) emergency reservoirs the company constructed to help promote disaster risk reduction and preparedness of cities and municipalities in Metro Manila’s East Zone.  These emergency reservoirs (ER) are intended to provide potable water in evacuation centers and help augment supply during calamities and disasters such as typhoons and earthquakes.

As part of Manila Water’s COVID-19 response, it is set to begin operations of its first-ever molecular laboratory to capture the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. The facility is designed to detect and quantify the virus in wastewater using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machines, which are capable in amplifying small segments of DNA or RNA to an amount large enough to be studied in detail. Data to be generated in this molecular lab can help communities formulate actions in mitigating COVID-19 in its early stages of emergence or re-emergence as wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) can detect the virus even before people show symptoms.

Manila Water has announced its desludging schedule for the month of July as it encourages its customers to avail of the services to prevent clogging of their septic vaults in order to help protect waterways, creeks and rivers from untreated septic tank overflows. Manila Water assured that barangays scheduled for this month will not be charged any additional fees to avail of the desludging services.

Laguna Water answers the call of the local government of Santa Rosa City to plant bamboo for the continuous protection of Laguna Lake. The Company adopted a portion of the 13-hectare coastal land in Brgy. Aplaya, Santa Rosa City, Laguna that the local government dedicated as a bamboo planting site. To kick-start the lifetime commitment, employee-volunteers of Laguna Water initially planted 120 propagules on June 28, 2022.