Manila Water continues to remind its customers to avail of the Company’s desludging service offered to designated barangays each month.

For September, Manila Water’s desludging caravan will go around sixty-four (64) barangays in the East Zone concession to providing septic tank siphoning at no additional cost.

In Metro Manila, customers from Barangay North Signal, Taguig City; Sta. Lucia in San Juan City; Oranbo, Maybunga and Sumilang in Pasig City; Bagong Silang, Hagdang Bato Itaas, Hagdang Bato Libis, Harapin ang Bukas, Mauway and Pag-asa in Mandaluyong City; Bel-air, Olympia, Pitogo, San Lorenzo, Singkamas, South Cembo, Valenzuela and Pio Del Pilar in Makati City; Ugong Norte, Bagong Lipunan ng Crame, Pinyahan, Bahay Toro, Botocan, White Plains, Amihan and Old Capitol Site in Quezon City; and Barangay 763, 768, 771, 779, 781, 784, 786, 787, 788, 789, 794, 797, 800, 801, 802, 805, 807, 809, 811, 812, 814, 816, 817 and 819 in the City of Manila can avail of the Company’s desludging services.

The caravan will also be present in Barangay San Jose, San Roque and Cupang in Antipolo City; San Juan in Taytay; San Roque in Cainta; Manggahan, San Jose and Burgos in Montalban; and Maly, Malanday, Guitnang Bayan I and Sto. Nino in San Mateo in Rizal Province.

Regular desludging or siphoning of septic tanks every 5 years remains the most effective way of keeping the household wastewater system to work efficiently and prolong its life. Not only the household will benefit from desludging but also communities and the biodiversity in it, as Manila Water’ guarantees proper treatment of the collected sludge before discharging the effluent to bodies of water, making it safe for life in and out of water.

“We continue to encourage our customers to avail of the desludging service Manila Water is offering as we believe that it is a shared responsibility. We are committed in doing our share by educating our customers and stakeholders of the importance of desludging and proper wastewater treatment and providing actual siphoning services,” says Jeric Sevilla, Manila Water Corporate Communication Affairs Group Director.