2007 Sustainability Report - Manila Water Company

A Decade of
Continuing Service
The year 2007 was a very significant year for our Company, both operationally and in terms
of attaining our sustainable development commitments. We are happy to have been given the
opportunity to extend progress and effect positive change.
Improving Lives Through the
“Water for the Poor” Program
Our impact to society can be best measured by the
successful implementation of comprehensive programs
for the vast majority of people in our concession area
particularly for the economically marginalized.
The “Water for the Poor” Program has allowed more than
1.3 million individuals or 214,000 households to enjoy
24-hour water supply right in their own homes, a benefit
that had once been elusive for many of them. Through
the years, we graduated from simply providing common
taps for groups of families to providing one connection
per household. In 2007 alone, we spent PhP 1.7 billion
for this initiative. Today, our Company offers “after-themeter”
services such as pipelaying, faucet installation and
the construction of toilets for our most needy customers.
Elated customers inspect their newly installed water meters.
1.3 Million population served
43,779 Household beneficiaries in 2007
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Number of Households
in hundred thousands
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MANILA WATER COMPANY, INC.
“ The mark of a successful company is its
ability to adapt to the changing times to
provide quality service and dependability.
In this way, Manila Water has been of great
public benefit, as well as a fine example of
corporate governance. I am confident of your
continued success in the years to come.”
-Senator Mar Roxas
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