Manila Water inks MOA with MWSS, Maynilad on watershed management, protection.

Manila Water, Maynilad, and the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Corporate Office (MWSS CO) recently signed a memorandum of agreement on the Integrated Watershed Management Roadmap for Angat, Ipo, and La Mesa (IWMRAIL) at the MWSS Balara Main Office.

The signing of the agreement was attended by top-level executives of the water sector namely Manila Water President and Chief Executive Officer Jocot de Dios, MWSS Administrator Leonor Cleofas, Maynilad President and Chief Executive Officer Mon Fernandez, Manila Water East Zone Chief Operating Officer Arnold Mortera, Maynilad Chief Operating Officer Randolph Estrellado, and MWSS Board of Trustees Chairman Elpidio Vega.

The interagency agreement, which was spearheaded by the MWSS, features a roadmap to sustainably develop and manage the Angat, Ipo, and La Mesa watersheds by 2047 as sources of clean and safe water.

These are the first watersheds to have a collaborative sustainability management roadmap among Manila Water, Maynilad, and MWSS.

As stipulated in the MOA, both concessionaires will fund and carry out programs that will protect and rehabilitate the water sources and ensure sustainability.

'It goes without saying that this is a very important endeavor that we, as concessionaires (Manila Water and Maynilad), and MWSS are committing to. So, we...