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1M Maynilad customers hit by water interruption; 38,000 Meralco users still without power

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Alvin Elchico, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/03/17/electricity-water.jpg"/><figcaption><em>ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Josefina Viray and her neighbors in Tandang Sora Avenue have no water supply since Tuesday. </p><p>They claim Maynilad did not follow its own rotational water schedule, when the company said it will only last 12-16 hours per day.</p><p>Residents expressed, a 5 to 6 hour window would be enough to use for cooking, cleaning and laundry.</p><p>When a water tanker of Maynilad stopped beside a mall to give water to a dialysis center, residents trooped to the truck with their pails and water containers.</p><p>Many of them walked for around 200 meters with their pails and water containers as the truck cannot proceed to their area.</p><div><strong>Related video:</strong> </div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tOUtPbuQb5o?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Maynilad explained it continues to have difficulty in producing the needed quantity of potable water to service all customers.</p><p>It apologized to consumers who have had no water for two straight days and those who did not have water supply in the schedule provided for by the water concessionaire. </p><p>Maynilad says there are still 1 million customers or around 7 million consumers who are affected by the interruption, as the concessionaire continues to clean the sludge coming from the raw water in Angat Dam.</p><p>Maynilad said it will resume normal operations on November 24, Tuesday. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/19/20/water-service-interruption-extended-in-some-areas-as-high-turbidity-sustained-maynilad">Water service interruption extended in some areas as high turbidity &#x27;sustained&#x27;: Maynilad</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/18/20/ilang-maynilad-customers-sa-ncr-cavite-may-rotational-water-interruption-hanggang-nob-24">READ: Some Maynilad customers in NCR, Cavite to experience rotational interruption until November 24</a></li></ul><p><br/>Meanwhile, some residents of Brgy. Cutcut in Guiguinto, Bulacan still do not have electricity a week after Ulysses hit.</p><p>Some of them have already spoiled food that were supposed to be frozen while others fell ill due to hot weather.</p><p>Meralco, in its latest advisory said there are still around 38,826 customers or 0.55 percent of the total number of customers with no power.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gg0CPms277g?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Maynilad customers complain that the scheduled water interruption is not followed, with many having no water for 2 days, while Meralco customers in Bulacan beg for power restoration.</p>

Maynilad customers complain that the scheduled water interruption is not followed, with many having no water for 2 days, while Meralco customers in Bulacan beg for power restoration.

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1M Maynilad customers hit by water interruption; 38,000 Meralco users still without power

Alvin Elchico,

ABS-CBN News

Published Nov 19, 2020 02:54 PM PHT

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