Manila Water sees September finish of new sewage treatment plant

East Zone water concessionaire Manila Water Company Inc. is expected to finish the construction of its P6.1 billion sewage treatment plant in Taguig City in September. The construction of Taguig North Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) is part of Manila Water's efforts to help reduce pollution in Metro Manila rivers, especially the Pasig River, which flows to Manila Bay, said Estelita Orodio, OIC of Manila Water Project Delivery Group. “Environmental protection is a major advocacy of Manila Water,” Orodio said Thursday. “We have pioneered a number of initiatives to promote this cause and the construction of more STPs like this is part of our major contribution in the drive to clean-up Manila Bay.” The wastewater treatment plant is located at Liwasan ng Kagitingan at Kalikasan and will service 350,000 residents of Barangay Western Bicutan. According to Manila Water, the Taguig wastewater treatment plant is an underground facility that a can process 75 million liters per day. The land above the plant will be developed into a public recreational park. Upon completion of the plant, Manila Water will now have 37 sewage treatment plants and two septage treatment facilities that can process a total of 500 million liters per day. Manila Water services 6.2 million residents of portions of Quezon City and Manila, Marikina, Pasig, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Pateros, Makati, Taguig and several towns in Rizal Province. — KBK, GMA News