Simple, quick, inexpensive and adaptable. Manila Water Company Inc. has introduced a schematic solution that provides treated water accessible 24 hours a day to slums.
In 2005, Manila Water Company Inc., the private utility responsible for northern Metro Manila began connecting 40,000 plus households from slums along a 9 kilometer stretch over the Manggahan Floodway.
Solution: Manila water finances the local homeowner association Kapit Bisig, comprised of 300 households that is responsible for pipe laying, metering and monthly billing and collection. A bulk meter is installed at one end of the street where residents are then given 1 to 3 years to pay for household connections that include covers pipes and a household meter.
Result: Within a year, an area can be piped, offering treated water 24 hours a day.
Cost: 10 Philippine pesos per cubic meter, plus 2 pesos going to the homeowners association, equivalent of just under 28 cents Canadian. Contrasting to the 50 Philippine pesos per cubic meter from the original privately owned deep well.
Downside: Collected money may be misused at times by individuals of the association. They also hold no legal right in preventing connected customers from illegally selling their water to others.
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