Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 8) — D.M. Consunji, Inc. has started working on the country’s biggest water reclamation facility, which is slated to be operational by 2024.
In a statement issued Thursday, the company said it was tapped by Maynilad Water Services, Inc. to build the ₱10.5 billion Caloocan-Malabon-Navotas (CAMANA) Water Reclamation Facility.
Maynilad previously said it will be constructed on a 16-hectare lot along Dagat-Dagatan Avenue Extension in Barangay Maypajo, Caloocan City.
The facility is designed to treat 205 million liters of wastewater daily, generated by around 1.2 million households in South Caloocan, Malabon, and Navotas, DMCI noted.
“This is an enormous undertaking because it involves expanding the capacity of a 40-year old facility by over 600%,” said DMCI president and CEO Jorge A. Consunji.
According to DMCI, the project will generate up to 1,000 direct and indirect jobs once works on the facility move at full throttle by the first quarter of 2023.
DMCI will be working with JFE Engineering Corporation of Japan for the multibillion-peso project.
Maynilad is a private water concessionaire, serving around 9.8 million people.
It is the concessionaire of the MWSS for the West Zone of the Greater Manila Area, which is composed of the cities of Manila (all but portions of San Andres and Sta. Ana), Quezon City (west of San Juan River, West Avenue, EDSA, Congressional, Mindanao Avenue, the northern part starting from the Districts of Holy Spirit & Batasan Hills), Makati (west of South Super Highway), Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Malabon, and Navotas.
Outside the capital, it also serves customers in the cities of Cavite, Bacoor and Imus, and the towns of Kawit, Noveleta, and Rosario in Cavite Province.
