Maynilad recycling water from Manila Bay

hi trishsantos if we in the US can filter seawater it stands to reason that the Philippines could do the same thing but is it the cost of the process or what that keeps them from doing this on a huge scale?It sounds like it would help all the households to have an abundant supply of clean safe drinking water.

I think that would be expensive as they will be needing the state of the art technology so that the water that comes to us would be safe. We all know that Manila bay is very dirty and toxic, so we need to make sure that the water that we drink and used everyday should be clean and safe.

I think that is a very nice idea in here. This technology is not new since many countries already adopt this method especially those that have less fresh water to depend on like Saudi Arabia, Israel, Texas USA and many countries that is in the same situation. I think we could apply that in here on a bigger scale since we have lots of seawater that surrounds us. I have encountered this idea from one taxi driver who told me he worked in Saudi before and he said that Saudi is getting most of their water from the sea since they could not find a good source fro fresh water for them to supply the whole nation. That is why ironically in a desert land water is never a problem with them at all. I think it is a matter of trying to tap these investor that would be interested in this project.

A few weeks ago, I saw a news clip about Maynilad opening a recyling plant in Muntinlupa. The plant is recycling water from Laguna de Bay. The scientist showed how dirty the water was before it was recycled. The plant costs a lot of money and so it might be awhile before they can open another one that will use water from Manila Bay.

If they can find the best equipment to filter the water from Manila Bay without increasing the water rates then go. There are lots of water in that Bay but I think too dirty so they should first find the best way to clean that before delivering to their customers.

This is a great idea indeed. However definitely cost for this kind of equipment or structure will be so high. This will eventually make the cost of potable water offered by Maynilad be expensive. Taking the cost aside, It will also be a good environmental investment.

I don't know. I wonder how much they spent using that filter, but if there' gonna use something like that in the population, it should be larger or bigger than the one in Ocean park. unfortunately, if it wasn't so expensive, then we would have one or two in our cities and we won't worry much about our water supply.

there are some facilities already, but i've read that it's too damn expensive to maintain. i don't think they're ready. what happens if there's flood again.

Sea water has many uses and it may be a good idea to recycle it for household use. Once recycled and filtered, it can be used perhaps for cleaning and other purposes but not for drinking and cooking. It does not seem to be appealing due to a lot of toxins may not be filtered which may not be safe for human consumption.

Sea water has many uses and it may be a good idea to recycle it for household use. Once recycled and filtered, it can be used perhaps for cleaning and other purposes but not for drinking and cooking. It does not seem to be appealing due to a lot of toxins may not be filtered which may not be safe for human consumption.

The quality of water off Manila Bay is probably almost the same as in Pasig River. Dark and irreversibly polluted, therefore unfit for human consumption even if you filter out the contaminants repeatedly.