Maynilad sustains service expansion; 10.5-M customers now receiving piped-in water

EXPANDING SERVICES. A Maynilad engineer inspects a modular treatment plant in Cavite, which helps improve water supply in areas far from Angat Dam and Laguna Lake. As of Quarter 1 2025, Maynilad Water Services Inc. now delivers piped-in water to around 10.5 million customers.

West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) now delivers piped-in water to around 10.5 million people as of the first quarter of 2025, marking continued gains in service coverage, availability, and water pressure across its concession area.

As of March 2025, the company had 1,556,603 active water service connections, covering 94.7% of the West Zone. This is up from 77.8% coverage in 2006, when Maynilad came under new management.

Water service availability and pressure have also improved significantly, with around 96.8% of customers now receiving 24-hour water supply compared to 32% in 2006. Likewise, 96.8% of customers get water at an average pressure of at least seven pounds per square inch (psi)—the minimum required to push water up to the second floor of a structure—up from 45% in 2006.

Since its re-privatization in 2007, Maynilad has replaced 3,293 kilometers of aging pipelines—equivalent to approximately 72% of its inherited pipe network—to help minimize losses and improve network reliability.

“We remain focused on expanding access and sustaining service levels as demand rises,” said Maynilad President and CEO Ramoncito Fernandez. “It’s a long-term commitment that supports both water security and the well-being of the communities we serve.”

Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire in the Philippines in terms of customer base. It is the concessionaire of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) for the West Zone of the Greater Manila Area, which is composed of the cities of Manila (certain portions), Quezon City (certain portions), Makati (west of South Super Highway), Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas and Malabon all in Metro Manila; the cities of Cavite, Bacoor and Imus, and the municipalities of Kawit, Noveleta and Rosario, all in Cavite. (PR)

Popular

Palace questions credibility of citizen complaint submitted to ICI

By Dean Aubrey Caratiquet On the heels of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure’s (ICI) receipt of a letter of sentiment from a private citizen on...

PBBM hails dedication to public service of 2025 Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos awardees

By Dean Aubrey Caratiquet “They remind us that integrity and excellence must be at the heart of the work that we all do.” Amid the various...

Palace supports calls for ICI empowerment

By Dean Aubrey Caratiquet “Nararamdaman po ng Pangulo at ng administrasyon ang nararamdaman ng mga businessman kaya po patuloy ang ginagawang pag-iimbestiga, at patuloy ang...

PBBM encourages Filipinos to remain prepared for disasters

By Dean Aubrey Caratiquet “Higit sa pagbangon o pagresponde, mas mahalaga ang maging handa.” President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. underscored the importance of disaster preparedness and...