Maynilad Temporarily Cuts Water Service in Parts of Metro Manila

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05/23/2008 | 09:50 PM

MANILA, Philippines - Faucets will run dry this weekend for some parts of Metro Manila as Maynilad cuts service to make way for repairs and replacements of defective water pipes around the Metro.

Among the areas that will experience water cut-offs on Saturday and Sunday are some parts of Pasay, Caloocan, Malabon and Quezon City.

The repair and maintenance works are part of Maynilad’s continuing program to upgrade and improve its service to customers in these areas.

In Pasay, residents of the district of San Rafael, San Jose and San Isidro, particularly the area bounded by the Epifanio De Los Santos Avenue (EDSA), Roxas boulevard, Service road, Buendia Avenue, Chingkiang Street and Taft avenue will experience a 16-hour water cut-off, from half-past midnight on Saturday to 4:30 p.m. the following day, Sunday.

The service interruption will happen to make way for the replacement of a defective 600-mm gate valve along F.B. Harrison cor. Galvez St.., in Pasay, the Maynilad Water Services, Inc., said.

At the same time, the San Roque and Santa Clara districts in Pasay will experience low pressure to no water.

Meanwhile, portions of Caloocan city, particularly, parts of West Bagong Barrio bounded by Tirad Pass, McArthur highway, EDSA and Katipunan; portion of West Grace Park bounded by EDSA, Rizal Avenue, 10th Avenue, and A. Bonifacio; areas along Rizal Avenue from EDSA to 7th Avenue; Barangays 77, 78 and 79 bounded by JP Bautista, Samson Road and McArthur Highway; and Barangays 69 to 73 bounded by Samson Road, Heroes Del, Stotsenberg and Rizal Avenue will experience a seven-hour water cut-off starting 11 p.m. last night, Friday, May 23, to 6 a.m. the following day, Saturday, May 24.

There will also be low pressure to no water service in the areas bounded by McArthur Highway, Tirad Pass, NDR and Reparo in Caloocan City, and portion of Atimoya St. and Orange Road in Malabon City.

And in Quezon city, residents living around the areas around Capitol Homesite, Royal Partenon, Homeland Subd., Interior Tandang Sora, area along Tandang Sora from General Avenue to Mindanao Avenue, area along Mindanao Avenue from Tandang Sora to Road 20, Roque Drive, South Green Park, Hilda Village, and Sta. Perpetua Village will have to endure eight hours of low pressure to no water service starting 10 p.m. Friday, May 23 until 6 a.m. Saturday, May 24 due to the interconnection of 250-mm and 200-mm pipelines along Tandang Sora corner General Avenue in Bahay Toro, Quezon City.

Affected customers would be well advised to store water before the water cut-offs. They may also call the Maynilad Water hotline 1626 for inquiries.

- BusinessWorld / GMANews ONLINE-5/23/08

[_Cathy_]

I wonder if there will ever come a time when our area (in Paranaque) will have water 24 hours a day. Currently our water supply come for just 4 hours every other day.