A significant portion of the total water service connections provides uninterrupted water supply to base-of-the-pyramid population.
WD News: East Zone concessionaire Manila Water has recorded a significant increase in its new water connections since the pandemic, as it expands its total water service connections to 1,150,297 from August 1997 to December 2022.
In 2022 alone, Manila Water has installed 33,909 new water service connections which is 56% higher than the 21,680 new water service connections in 2021. With the new water services, Manila Water’s customer base has now increased to a total of 7,460,705 customers by the end of 2022.
In the East Zone, the company’s flagship program ‘Tubig Para Sa Barangay’ or Water for the Community has completed more than 750 projects that benefitted about 2 million residents from low-income communities.
“For the past 25 years since the start of the concession, Manila Water has been implementing its projects, aligning all our initiatives from operations to customer service to achieve our major goal which is to provide clean and potable water supply available to all our customers 24/7.” says Jeric Sevilla, Corporate Communication Affairs Group Director at Manila Water.
Source & image courtesy: Manila Water
