DMCI starts construction of P10.5-B CAMANAVA water reclamation facility

D.M. Consunji Inc. (DMCI) said Thursday it has started the construction of Maynilad Water Services’ P10.5-billion Caloocan-Malabon-Navotas (CAMANA) water reclamation facility (WRF).

Water reclamation is the process of treating wastewater by removing impurities for its reuse.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, DMCI said the WRF is designed to treat 205 million liters per day (MLD) of wastewater.

The company said the CAMANA facility will be the biggest of its kind in the country once commissioned in the third quarter of 2024.

Around 1.2 million households in South Caloocan, Malabon, and Navotas are seen to benefit from the project.

“This is an enormous undertaking because it involves expanding the capacity of a 40-year old facility by over 600%,” said DMCI president and CEO Jorge Consunji.

CAMANA WRF is one of Maynilad’s large-scale, complex, and multi-year capital expenditure projects.

The project involves the rehabilitation and expansion of the company’s 26 MLD Dagat-Dagatan Sewage Treatment Plant, which was built in the 1980s.

DMCI said it expects to employ up to 1,000 direct and indirect workers when the project hits its peak around the first quarter of 2023.

“This facility also represents two milestones for DMCI. Aside from being our largest wastewater project, to date, it is our first partnership with JFE Engineering Corporation of Japan,” Consunji said.

JFE Engineering Corporation is the engineering arm of the JFE Holdings, one of the largest corporations in the world, according to the 2020 Fortune Global 500.—AOL, GMA News