Around 800 local government, barangay and community leaders from each city and municipality in the Metro Manila East Zone service area and the Province of Rizal gathered in a partners’ event organized by Manila Water at the UP Bahay ng Alumni, Quezon City. With the theme “Building Back Better Together”, Manila Water showed appreciation to its partners who’ve shown full support to Manila Water through the years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

East Zone concessionaire Manila Water continues to expand its customer base, with 8,247 new domestic and non-domestic water connections recorded for the 1st quarter of 2023, which is already 40% of its new water service connection target for the whole of 2023. Of the 8,247 new water service connections, 8,052 connections are residential and 195 are commercial and industrial water connections. This increases Manila Water’s overall water service connections to 1,154,787, which translates to a total of 7,613,672 customers in the East Zone of Metro Manila and Rizal Province being provided with 24/7 water supply and quality sanitation services. Manila Water ended 2022 with 7,460,705 customers served.

Manila Water Foundation recently led a round of collaboration activities to deliver water access, sanitation and hygiene or WASH projects in several provinces in the Philippines, with the help of Manila Water Non-East Zone subsidiaries and other partners in the private sector.

Months before the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) declared the start of the rainy season this month, Manila Water has already carried out measures to ensure its facilities are able to continue operating even with heavy rains, flooding and power outages that come with the monsoon season.

Aside from implementing measures to ensure 24/7 clean water service to its customers, Manila Water is embarking on a massive sewer project to improve sanitation and promote a cleaner environment for Metro Manila communities.