Manila Water has emptied a total of 39,712 septic tanks just for the first half of 2023 through its desludging caravan.

Every month, Manila Water’s desludging caravan goes around scheduled barangays in its service areas in the East Zone of Metro Manila and the Province of Rizal to offer siphoning services at no additional cost.

As part of its service obligation as well as its commitment in improving public health and sanitation, Manila Water regularly provides desludging to its customers to ensure that household and human wastes contained in their septic tanks, or septage, will be collected and properly treated in the Company’s septage treatment plants before discharging back to bodies of water.

“We understand that the majority of households in the country rely on septic tanks for wastewater management instead of a sewer system. However, septic tanks, even with proper maintenance, only offer primary treatment, leaving behind residual waste called septage. Unfortunately, this septage can contaminate groundwater and municipal drainage systems, eventually finding its way into rivers and other water bodies.” says Dittie Galang, Manila Water Corporate Communications Department Head.

“At these treatment plants, we ensure that the septage undergoes appropriate treatment before it is safely disposed. To efficiently provide desludging services to customers, we maintain a fleet of vacuum trucks that regularly clean septic tanks according to a scheduled plan, with no additional cost to the communities,” adds Galang.

For the month of November, Manila Water’s desludging caravan will be present in 70 barangays in the East Zone service area.

Residents from Barangay 764, 765, 767, 769, 775, 776, 778 ,790, 791, 796, 798, 877, 878, 879, 880, 895, 900 in the City of Manila; E. Rodriguez, East Kamias, West Kamias, Krus na Ligas, Pinagkaisahan, Sauyo, Silangan, Tandang Sora, UP Campus, Kalusugan, West Kamias, San Vicente, Bagumbayan, Ugong Norte, Bayanihan, Milagrosa, Bagong Lipunan ng Crame in Quezon City; Harapin ang Bukas, Barangka Drive, Barangka Ibaba, Barangka Ilaya, Barangka Itaas, Malamig, Pleasant Hills, San Jose, and Vergara in Mandaluyong City; Bangkal, CEMBO, Guadalupe Viejo and Kasilawan in Makati City; Salapan,  Batis, Kabayanan, and Corazon de Jesus in San Juan City; Dela Paz, Bagong Ilog and Santa Lucia in Pasig City; and Ibayo-Tipas and Sta. Ana in Taguig City can check with their respective barangay councils or call the Manila Water Consumer Help Desk at 1627 for the exact schedule of the caravan’s visit in their area.

Same goes for residents from Barangay Beverly Hills, Mambugan, Inarawan, San Juan and Muntindilaw in Antipolo City; San Isidro, Sto. Domingo and San Juan in Cainta; San Isidro, Burgos, and San Jose in Montalban; Mahabang Parang and San Isidro in Angono; and Dolores in Taytay.