West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. has started initial operations of its newly constructed sewage treatment plant (STP) in Marulas, Valenzuela.
The company said the facility is designed to treat wastewater generated by some 300,000 customers in nine barangays in Valenzuela City, making it safe for release to the ecosystem.
Maynilad said its Valenzuela water reclamation facility currently treats 12 million liters per day (MLD) of wastewater generated by communities around the immediate vicinity of Marulas Creek.
Once the installation of a 27.4-kilometer sewer network in the city is completed by 2024, the plant will be able to collect and treat wastewater of up to 60 MLD, serving barangays Gen. T. De Leon, Karuhatan, Malinta, Marulas, Maysan, Parada, Paso De Blas and portions of Lingunan and West Canumay.
Maynilad said the Valenzuela STP will eventually be tapped for the production of potable water supply sourced from used water.
The company is also currently upgrading one wastewater facility in Caloocan and constructing four new ones in Las Piñas, Bacoor, and Tunasan and Cupang in Muntinlupa. Once completed over the next five years, Maynilad’s total number of wastewater treatment plants will be a total of 27 by 2027.
