Pasay, Muntinlupa brace for ‘waterless’ Holy Week

Officials of Pasay and Muntinlupa have reminded residents to start storing water in preparation for a water service interruption during Holy Week.

In an advisory posted on its website, Maynilad earlier announced that it would be cutting the water supply to parts of Makati, Malabon, Manila, Navotas, Pasay and Caloocan from Holy Wednesday to Black Saturday.

During the same period, all areas in the cities of Las Piñas, Muntinlupa and Parañaque will also experience a water service interruption as Maynilad will be realigning its supply lines on Juan Luna and Hermosa Streets in Manila to clear the way for the Department of Public Works and Highways’ drainage box culvert project on Blumentritt Street.

“We will need 72 hours to expose, de-water, realign and energize our pipe because it is a seven-foot-tall primary line,” Maynilad explained in its water service interruption advisory.

In Pasay alone, there will be no water starting at 1 p.m. on April 17 up to 2 p.m. on April 19  in the area bounded by FB Harrison Street, Ignacio Street, Park Avenue and Edsa in Barangays (villages) 1-9, 15-23, 33-37, 41-74 and 75; and in the area bounded by Tripa de Gallina, A. Bonifacio Street, Capt. M. Reyes Street and Edsa in Barangays 80-144.

The following areas will also be waterless from noon on April 16 up to 5 p.m. the following day and from 1 p.m. on April 18 up to 2 p.m. the following day:   San Rafael Street in Zone 10, Barangays 75-79; Malibay Street in Barangays 144, 146 and 156-189; Don Carlos Revilla Street in Barangays 145-150, 152, 187 and 190; Edang Street in Barangays 151 and 155; Maricaban Street in Barangays 178-186; Villamor in Barangay 183; Electrical Road in Barangay 191; Pildera I and Pildera II in Barangays 192-194; Baltao in Barangays 195-198; Rivera Village in Barangays 199 and 200; and Kalayaan Avenue in Barangay 201.

In a statement, Pasay Mayor Antonino Calixto said that the city government would “do its best” to address residents’ water needs during the service interruption by distributing free purified drinking water under the “Pasay Patubig Project.”

In Muntinlupa City, water tankers, government-owned and private fire trucks have been mobilized for water rationing in affected areas from 11 a.m. on April 16 up to 7 p.m. on April 18.

These are Barangays Alabang, Ayala Alabang, Bayanan, Cupang, Putatan, Poblacion, Sucat and Tunasan, according to the Maynilad water advisory.

Households on the East Service Road in Barangay Sucat will also be waterless from noon on April 16 up to 5 p.m. on April 17 and from 1 p.m. on April 18 up to 2 p.m. the following day.