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.

Manila Water President and CEO Ferdinand Dela Cruz and Manila Water Asia Pacific President and CEO Virgilio Rivera, Jr. paid a courtesy call on the Board of Management of Saigon Water Corporation (SAWACO) in May at the SAWACO office in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Manila Water has successfully completed the replacement and relocation of a one-meter diameter mainline located at the Parian Creek in Barangay Kapasigan in Pasig City. The said mainline is part of the PG6 and Almeda transmission line that supplies water to barangays at the southeast end of the concession area, considered farthest from the Balara Treatment Plant. The mainline at this portion provides clean potable water to over 80,000 households in the cities of Pasig and Taguig and the municipality of Pateros.

Ayala-led water and used water provider Manila Water has been a staunch supporter of the Department of Education’s Oplan Brigada Eskwela which formally kicked off last May 15.