Manila Water empties over 39,000 septic tanks for H1 2023

Manila Water conducts septic tank siphoning from a house. This November, Manila Water will bring its desludging caravan to 70 cities and municipalities in Metro Manila and Rizal Province to provide septic tank siphoning at no additional cost. For the first half of 2023, Manila Water said it has emptied more than 39,000 septic tanks under its desludging program. Photo from Manila Water

MANILA, Philippines — Manila Water has emptied a total of 39,712 septic tanks in the first half of 2023 through its desludging caravan.

Every month, Manila Water’s desludging caravan goes around barangays in its service areas in the East Zone of Metro Manila and Rizal province to offer siphoning services at no additional cost.

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As part of its service obligation as well as its commitment in improving public health and sanitation, Manila Water regularly provides desludging to its customers to ensure that household and human wastes contained in their septic tanks, or septage, will be collected and properly treated in the company’s septage treatment plants before discharging back to bodies of water.

“We understand that the majority of households in the country rely on septic tanks for wastewater management instead of a sewer system. However, septic tanks, even with proper maintenance, only offer primary treatment, leaving behind residual waste called septage. Unfortunately, this septage can contaminate groundwater and municipal drainage systems, eventually finding its way into rivers and other water bodies.” said Dittie Galang, head of Manila Water’s Corporate Communications Department.

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“At these treatment plants, we ensure that the septage undergoes appropriate treatment before it is safely disposed. To efficiently provide desludging services to customers, we maintain a fleet of vacuum trucks that regularly clean septic tanks according to a scheduled plan, with no additional cost to the communities,” Galang added.

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For the month of November, Manila Water said its desludging caravan will go to 70 barangays, which are:

Manila

• Barangay 764
• Barangay 765
• Barangay 767
• Barangay 769
• Barangay 775
• Barangay 776
• Barangay 778
• Barangay 790
• Barangay 791
• Barangay 796
• Barangay 798
• Barangay 877
• Barangay 878
• Barangay 879
• Barangay 880
• Barangay 895
• Barangay 900

Quezon City

• Barangay E. Rodriguez
• Barangay East Kamias
• Barangay West Kamias
• Barangay Krus na Ligas
• Barangay Pinagkaisahan
• Barangay Sauyo
• Barangay Silangan
• Barangay Tandang Sora
• Barangay UP Campus
• Barangay Kalusugan
• Barangay West Kamias
• Barangay San Vicente
• Barangay Bagumbayan
• Barangay Ugong Norte
• Barangay Bayanihan
• Barangay Milagrosa
• Barangay Bagong Lipunan ng Crame

Mandaluyong City

• Barangay Harapin ang Bukas
• Barangay Barangka Drive
• Barangay Barangka Ibaba
• Barangay Barangka Ilaya
• Barangay Barangka Itaas
• Barangay Malamig
• Barangay Pleasant Hills
• Barangay San Jose
• Barangay Vergara

Makati City

• Barangay Bangkal
• Barangay CEMBO
• Barangay Guadalupe Viejo
• Barangay Kasilawan

San Juan City

• Barangay Salapan
• Barangay Batis,
• Barangay Kabayanan
• Barangay Corazon de Jesus

Pasig City

• Barangay Dela Paz
• Barangay Bagong Ilog
• Barangay Santa Lucia

Taguig City

• Barangay Ibayo-Tipas
• Barangay Sta. Ana in Taguig City

Antipolo City

• Barangay Beverly Hills
• Barangay Mambugan
• Barangay Inarawan
• Barangay San Juan
• Barangay Muntindilaw

Cainta

• Barangay San Isidro
• Barangay Sto. Domingo
• Barangay San Juan

Montalban 

• Barangay San Isidro
• Barangay Burgos
• Barangay San Jose

Angono

• Barangay Mahabang Parang
• Barangay San Isidro

Taytay

• Barangay Dolores

Manila Water said residents in these areas can check with their respective barangay councils or call the Manila Water Consumer Help Desk at 1627 for the exact schedule of the caravan’s visit in their locality.