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Angat Dam water level might drop below critical point this week: MWSS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 12:51 PM

Water level in Angat Dam, one of Metro Manila's main water sources, is expected to drop below the critical mark if rains do not replenish the reservoir this week, an official said Tuesday. Read more »

Water interruptions loom if Angat Dam level falls further: regulators, utility firms

Alvin Elchico, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 12 06:56 PM

Regulators and water concessionaires are preparing for the possibility that Angat Dam's water may fall further and cause more supply interruptions.  Read more »

Duterte appoints retired Army general to MWSS board; Velasco is next chair

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 05 02:08 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed retired Army Brig. Gen. Ricardo Morales to the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS).   Read more »

'Double rebate' hirit ng mga grupo, konsumer sa Manila Water

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 01 09:31 PM

Lahat ng kostumer ng Manila Water ay makatatanggap ng P153 na bawas sa singil sa water bill.  Read more »

Retired Army general is new MWSS chair

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 08:15 PM

MANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte has chosen retired Army Brig. Gen. Ricardo Morales as the new chairman of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), choosing a new agency chief after a water supply crisis hit parts of the metro. Read more »

'Severely' affected Manila Water clients to get P2,197 rebate each: MWSS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 21 12:02 PM

The 140,000 accounts, identified as “severely” affected will receive P2,197.94 each, said Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) chief regulator Patrick Ty. Read more »

Manila Water: Service interruptions to persist with supply still 'deficient'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 21 10:56 AM

The Ayala-led concessionaire is still short of 50 million liters per day of supply despite receiving augmentation from various sources, its Corporate Communications head Jeric Sevilla told DZMM.  Read more »

MWSS, water utilities to meet over declining Angat supply

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 29 01:25 PM

The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and water utility concessionaires would meet Monday to discuss cooperation strategies amid the declining water level of the Angat Dam, its administrator said Monday.    Read more »

Refunds to be sourced from Manila Water penalties: MWSS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 25 01:34 PM

Some Manila Water consumers will get a refund that will be sourced from around half of a P1.134-billion penalties imposed on the concessionaire over a supply outage that brought misery to tens of thousands in the capital's east zone, regulators said Wednesday.    Read more »

Duterte threatens to replace all MWSS officials

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 10:57 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte threatened Tuesday night to replace all officials of state regulator MWSS amid a water shortage that gripped parts of the Philippine capital. Read more »

Razon firm aims to ease Manila Water shortfall via Wawa project in 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 07:35 PM

The infrastructure company of ports magnate Enrique Razon said on Monday it aims to boost Manila Water's supply as early as 2021 with an alternative water source in Brgy. Wawa, Rodriguez, Rizal. Read more »

A tale of two watersheds

Ferdie Marcelo, VERA Files
Posted at Apr 07 05:42 PM

One nourishes communities. The other has become a source of distress. Read more »

Manila Water says 98 pct of consumers have supply at least 8 hours a day

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 05 08:29 PM

Almost 98 percent of consumers in the metro’s east zone have water at least 8 to 12 hours a day, Manila Water's spokesperson said Friday.  Read more »

20 barangay di sisingilin sa tubig sa Abril: Manila Water

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 07:17 PM

Di sisingilin ang mga residente sa 20 barangay ng Manila Water ngayong Abril dahil sa naranasang krisis. Read more »

Manila Water inireklamo dahil sa krisis sa tubig

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 03:23 PM

Inireklamo ang Manila Water ng mga militanteng grupo at ilang konsumer na naapektuhan ng krisis sa tubig. Read more »

Group set to file complaint vs Manila Water over 'contract violations'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 04:08 PM

Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes said Manila Water may be held liable for "violating [their] contractual obligations." Read more »

Grupong Bayan nakatakdang maghain ng reklamo vs Manila Water

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 03:22 PM

Sabi ni Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes, isang paglabag sa contractual obligation ang nangyari dahil hindi nakapagbigay ng "uninterrupted" o walang palyang serbisyo ang Manila Water sa mga konsumer nito. Read more »

EXPLAINER: How Manila Water is equalizing the water shortage among its customers

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 10:52 PM

What Manila Water’s 96% water availability means and why the 4% in the east zone still don't have water.  Read more »

Manila Water says availability reaches 96 pct of consumers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 22 07:13 PM

Water services has "significantly improved" after adopting a rotational water supply scheme, various technical and network improvements and augmentation from other supply sources, the Ayala-led concessionaire said in an advisory. Read more »

IPs say no to Kaliwa Dam project

Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 06:39 PM

Representatives of indigenous peoples (IPs) from Quezon and Rizal join members of the Philippine Movement for Climate Change during a protest action outside the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System on Friday, in observance of World Water Day.  Read more »