New treatment plant in Pasay City to improve water supply

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A new water treatment plant in Pasay City is expected to help mitigate the impact of El Niño by turning wastewater into clean and potable water.

In a “24 Oras” report from Marisol Abdurahman on Tuesday, dark, smelly wastewater from households within the city could be seen flowing into a new Maynilad water treatment plant. It will undergo a thorough treatment to become potable water.

After this treatment, it also undergoes a process through a filtration system.

“Ang trabaho nitong mga filtration system ay nagsasala ng iba't ibang contaminants, bacteria at viruses na present sa tubig,” Pasay New Water Facility Head Engr. Bryan Lopez said.

(The job of this filtration system is to filter different types of contaminants, bacteria and viruses that are present in the water.)

“Para masigurado na ang mga natitirang microorganisms, bacteria ay mapatay…na ultrafiltration trays,” he added.

(To make sure that the remaining microorganisms, bacteria are killed… by ultrafiltration trays.)

According to the Head of Water Supply Operation Engineer Ronald Padua, after this initial filtration, it will undergo another series of processes to ensure that the water is clean enough to distribute to customers.

After two hours, the water goes back out of the plant.

The water processed passes the Philippine National Standards for drinking water. For now, the new facility is producing four million liters of water everyday.

By the next month, the facility would be able to process 12 million liters of water everyday. This is enough to supply drinking water for 85,000 consumers in Pasay, specifically in the Maricaban area.

However, Maynilad said that there will be a slight increase in water bills in covered areas.

“Technically yes, meron pero maliit pa siya kumpara sa lahat ng na-invest ng Maynilad na halos hindi po siya directly mararamdaman,” Padua said.

(Technically yes, but it is small compared to everything that Maynilad has invested so it will be barely felt.) —Jean Mangaluz/RF, GMA News