Maynilad

Maynilad Water Services, Inc., better known as Maynilad, is the water and wastewater services provider of cities and municipalities that form the West Zone of the Greater Manila Area in the Philippines. It is an agent and contractor of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS). Maynilad is one of two private water providers in Metro Manila, the other being Manila Water.^[1]

History

As part of the water privatization in Metro Manila, the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System awarded contracts to two companies splitting Metro Manila into a west and east zones. Maynilad Water Services Inc. was formed in 1997 as a partnership of the Benpres Holdings Corporation (now the López Group of Companies) and Ondeo Water Services Inc. after it won the bidding to run the water and wastewater services in the West Zone.^[1]

Water source

Angat Dam is the main source of water for Metro Manila. It supplies about 90 percent of raw water requirements for Metro Manila through the facilities of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System. Maynilad is sourcing its more than 90 percent raw water supply requirement from Angat Dam.^[1]

Laguna Lake Drinking Water Treatment Plant

On December 15, 2023, President Bongbong Marcos, assisted by Maynilad president and CEO Ramoncito Fernandez, MWSS administrator, Leonor Cleofas and Manuel Pangilinan inaugurated MWS’ ₱11-billion Poblacion Water Treatment Plant in Muntinlupa. The operation and maintenance of the Laguna Lake Drinking Water Treatment Plant was awarded by MWS to Acciona, CEO José Díaz-Caneja, and D.M Consulting Inc.-DMCI Holdings, Inc. It will process 150 million liters (40×10^6 U.S. gal) of drinking water a day from Laguna de Bay.^[1]

West Zone of Metro Manila

Manila (excluding the districts of Santa Ana, Manila and San Andres, Manila)^[1]

Cavite (West Cavite and East Cavite Business Area)

by February 1, 2021, Maynilad divided the Cavite Business Area into 2 sub-office.^[1]

Access to Water

By the end of 2018, Maynilad posted a total of 1,407,503 accounts or about 9.5 million people in its customer base. Since 2019, there have been unexplained daily service interruptions that have been penalized by the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office (MWSS-RO).^[1]

Water Losses

When Maynilad was re-privatized in 2007, the company was losing some 1,500 million liters of treated water per day. This translated to a Non-revenue water (NRW) level of 67%—meaning two-thirds of the potable water it was producing was being lost.^[1]

Wastewater Management

Aside from water services, Maynilad also manages wastewater in the West Zone in the form of sewerage and sanitation services.^[1]

Ownership

Source:"MPIC, DMCI to sell Maynilad stake to Marubeni". Philstar. February 15, 2013.^[1]