Manila Water says water interruptions to last throughout summer

The Manila Water on Saturday expressed hopes that its water supply would normalize by Monday, but warned that scheduled water interruptions will go on throughout the entire summer.

In an interview on Super Radyo dzBB, Manila Water spokesman Jeric Sevilla said no additional water supply is reaching them due to the low water levels in dams.

"Unang sasabihiin ko talaga is yung kabuuan ng summer natin na ito, talagang makakaranas po tayo ng reduced pressure or mga rotational na no water or mga water interruptions," he said.

"Talagang wala tayong additional na supplies na nakukuha, ang level ng dams natin ay napakababa at hinihintay natin ang tag-ulan," he added.

Earlier this week, the water concessionaire's customers complained about having no water, despite not being included in the list of areas to be affected by service interruption.

The scheduled interruption was due to the Manila Water's operational adjustments in light of the El Niño phenomenon.

The Manila Water said this was due to a spike in the demand, as people started storing water even in areas not meant to be affected by the water interruption.

This prevented the Manila Water from filling up its reservoirs, a problem they are still currently facing.

The Manila Water has released a new schedule of water interruptions and said some of the affected residents will have to wait a little longer before water supply in their areas goes back to normal.

"Hindi po natin mapuno yung reservoir, dahil maraming humuhugot ng tubig, maraming gumagamit ng available na tubig kaya may mga lugar pa rin ng wala pa pong tubig," he said.

"Hopefully mag-normalize tayo or masusunod natin ang talagang schedule na sinabi natin baka po Monday. Hopefully po," he added.

In the meantime, Manila Water has released two tankers to bring water to the areas the water is not reaching.

Sevilla also said that the schedule they released was the "worst case scenario," and that they will continue to calibrate further for better water allocation. — MDM, GMA News