The water supply or water utility industry’s trend is that how the water providers can serve their customers clean and potable water, and not only potable water but they should give their costumers a continuous water supply. Water utilities companies or water suppliers are satisfying their customers by the factors that is mentioned earlier because now a days there are still many places in the Philippines that has no access to a potable water.
Another trend in the water utility is that the technology that the Ayala corporation or the Manila Water Corporation, they have pioneered the use of a unique and advanced dewatering technology to effectively treat wastewater and lessen sludge from treatment plants which is the one that remove containments from wastewater. As Manila Water continues to expand, it is also perceived to generate increasing volumes of sludge due to the increasing number of sewage treatment plants and this unique and advanced dewatering technology may be a big help on helping them to serve their customers clean water.
Problems in the industry
The problem of water utility industry in the Philippines is that as of 2002, the remaining population in the provincial urban areas without access to safe and potable water is estimated to be 15 million, and about 1,000 provincial towns or municipalities which have yet to be served with Water District water. This problem is experienced by some of the rural areas in the Philippines that have a limited source of water and This is a gigantic task in the years ahead, which hopefully will be addressed by the planned reforms in the water sector. LWUA, for its part, is committed to be a key player in this challenge, as it has proven for the last 30 years of serving the public.
Another problem is the quality of water that is served in areas especially in urban areas, water quality does not meet the standards set by the national government. As a result, waterborne diseases remain a severe