The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) has further reduced water allocation to MWSS and its concessionaires by 4 cubic meters per second (CMS), from 40 CMS to 36 CMS. This is brought about by the continued deterioration of Angat Dam level which has already breached the critical 160-meter mark as of Saturday, June 22, 2019. The additional 4 CMS reduction translates to a deficiency of 350 million liters per day (MLD) equivalent to the daily water consumption of almost 700,000 people.
Manila Water is therefore constrained to take effect a new scheme of rotational water service interruptions for the entire East Zone at an average of 12 to 17 hours per day. These are being implemented to equitably distribute the limited supply to all customers so that they will have at least several hours of water coming from their taps during the day to allow them to store water.
While the latest schedule of water service interruptions is effective June 22, 2019, fine-tuning of operations may take around three (3) days from reduction of supply to be able to achieve greater accuracy and reliability of published schedules, as the distribution of limited water supply needs to be balanced across the entire East Zone. This rotational water service interruption may be implemented until a sustainable safe water level in the Angat Dam is achieved.
Manila Water will continue to provide regular updates regarding any changes to the schedule of rotational water supply in the East Zone. #(MWC Corporate Communications)
