QUEZON CITY, Feb 12 (PIA) – The Maynilad Water Services, Inc. recently inaugurated its water treatment plant in Barangay Putatan, Muntinlupa City.

President Benigno S. Aquino III led the official unveiling of the water treatment plant and was joined in by Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson and Department of Environment and Natural Resources DENR Sec. Ramon Paje.

Representatives from the US Embassy were also present in the event together with officials from the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), National Irrigation Administration (NIA), Maynilad Board of Directors, and Muntinlupa City’s Congressman Rodolfo Biazon and Mayor Aldrin San Pedro.

President Aquino lauded the facility and said that Maynilad’s milestone accomplishment is ultimately for the benefit of Filipinos. The President also cited the importance of protecting the country’s watershed in keeping enough supply of water in the community.

The President also expressed his appreciation to Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) and DMCI Holdings, Inc. (DMCIHI) who took over Maynilad’s operation in 2007. Maynilad Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan thanked the President and recapped the critical role of Maynilad in nation building.

Pangilinan said that Putatan represents the first significant bulk water supply source for the Greater Manila outside Angat dam, however it will not be the last. He added that Putatan is only one part of Maynilad’s water plan to seek and develop other locations of water that can assure long-time supply security for our customers.

The Putatan water treatment plant is the first water treatment facility that taps into Laguna Lake as an alternative water source to Angat Dam.

The state-of-the-art treatment plant uses a multi-stage process of dissolved air flotation (DAF), microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and chlorination to ensure that the water from Laguna Lake passes the Department of Health (DOH)-issued Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water (PNSDW).

It is also the largest membrane-based water treatment plant in the Philippines, and is also the first of its kind in the country to use large-scale microfiltration and reverse osmosis. The facility is a vital part of Maynilad’s plan to develop alternative sources of water to ensure long-term water security for its customers.

Currently, said water treatment plant supplies 100 million liters per day (MLD) of potable water to nearly 1.2 million Maynilad customers in the south. (Maynilad/Muntinlupa-PIO/PIA-NCR/Jell E. Guzman)

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