MWSS Board Chairman and concurrent OIC Administrator Reynaldo V. Velasco hailed the Revised Concession Agreement (RCA) between the government and Manila Water Company, Inc, as a testament to President Rodrigo Duterte’s resolve to protect the interest of the Filipino consumer and the national government. He made the statement following the signing by the government and continue reading : NEW CONCESSION AGREEMENT BENEFICIAL TO ALL
MWSS’ responsibility to the Indigenous Peoples, Communities at Ipo Dam, Bulacan
Consistent with the MWSS policy to maintain the overall ecosystem health and community resiliency in the areas where it operates, 40,000 tilapia fingerlings were dispersed at Ipo dam. The fish re-stocking is to improve the Ipo dam’s ecology and provide a livelihood to the Dumagat Indigenous Cultural Communities, Indigenous Peoples of Kabayunan in Dona Remedios continue reading : MWSS’ responsibility to the Indigenous Peoples, Communities at Ipo Dam, Bulacan
Water Safety Plan for MWSS’ North Concession Area
The MWSS north concession area, managed and operated by the Luzon Clean Water Development Corporation (LCWDC), supplies potable water to 12 out of 24 Bulacan municipalities. As MWSS’s agent, LCWDC is mandated to treat and convert raw water into drinkable water compliant with the Philippine National Standards on Drinking Water (PNSDW) and comply with the continue reading : Water Safety Plan for MWSS’ North Concession Area
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BULACAN FARMERS
Farmer-irrigators of the Angat-Maasim River Irrigation System (AMRIS) in Bulacan Province witnessed the strong public-private partnership and the close working relationship between the national and local government stakeholders of the Angat Dam as they accepted the P16.5 financial assistance handed to them during the ceremony held on 15 March 2021 at the MWSS Corporate Office. continue reading : FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BULACAN FARMERS
ANNUAL MILLION TREE CHALLENGE YEAR 5
Every February of the year, MWSS calls on its partner organizations to contribute to the Annual Million Tree Challenge (AMTC), a 5-year program to promote water security and protection of the environment. Then MWSS Administrator Reynaldo Velasco initiated the AMTC in response to President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s socio-economic development agenda, the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) continue reading : ANNUAL MILLION TREE CHALLENGE YEAR 5
Recognition of MWSS’ 2019-2020 Retirees
Three (3) retirees were honored by their MWSS family on 22 February 2021 in a congratulatory luncheon at the MWSS Board Room. Recognition of retirees is usually held during the February commemoration of the MWSS anniversary. Though the 2020 MWSS anniversary celebration was cancelled in observance of the pandemic restrictions, the moment to thank Engr. continue reading : Recognition of MWSS’ 2019-2020 Retirees
The Challenge of Making San Juan River Cleaner
The MWSS, together with the signatories to the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed in September 2020, went back to San Juan City on 21 January 2021 to throw Mabuhay Balls in Maytunas Creek. The creek, one of the five (5) waterways that flows into the San Juan River, suffers from algal growth and stench due continue reading : The Challenge of Making San Juan River Cleaner