Ultra bilyonaryo Enrique K. Razon-led Manila Water has inaugurated a P5.6 billion aqueduct to ensure continuous water supply for over seven million customers in the east zone.
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The Novaliches-Balara Aqueduct 4 (NBAQ4) in Quezon City will convey up to 1,000 million liters of water per day (MLD).
The NBAQ4 will pave the way for the inspection, assessment, and subsequent rehabilitation of three other existing aqueducts.
The project involved the construction of a new intake facility and access bridge at the La Mesa reservoir, a 7.3-kilometer underground aqueduct with a 3.1-meter diameter passing under Commonwealth Avenue, and an outlet portal and downstream distribution works at the Balara Treatment Plant.
“This is a testament to the ecosystem that we have, not only with the government, but our private partners. We will continue to work silently but very effectively to bring a very unappreciated resource to our customers,” Manila Water president and CEO Jocot De Dios said.
Manila Water said the new aqueduct supports the current administration’s thrust for greater infrastructure development which focuses on the need for projects that will support conservation, climate change adaptation and resiliency and disaster risk reduction.