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Residents walk past an idle pumping station in Marikina City on August 11, 2026. ABS-CBN News

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Katrina Domingo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/178719482031520260811-marikina-pumping-station-tumana-JC8863.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Residents walk past an idle pumping station in Marikina City on August 11, 2026. ABS-CBN News </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday 13 additional pumping stations would be operational by year-end or by early 2027.</p><p>Of the 13 stations, four are new while the rest will be upgraded facilities, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Romando Artes said. </p><div><em>More details to follow.</em></div><div><em></em><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/8/19/pumping-stations-damaged-due-to-trash-dpwh-1802">Pumping stations damaged due to trash — DPWH </a><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/8/19/pumping-stations-damaged-due-to-trash-dpwh-1802"></a><em><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/8/19/pumping-stations-damaged-due-to-trash-dpwh-1802"></a></em></div><div><em><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ei1Q5AKj7fQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UKbiXLp_b98?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></em><br/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday 13 additional pumping stations would be operational by year end or by early 2027.</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday 13 additional pumping stations would be operational by year end or by early 2027.

Marcos: 13 more pumping stations operational by year-end or early 2026

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Marcos: 13 more pumping stations operational by year-end or early 2026

Katrina Domingo,

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Published August 20, 2026 11:01 AM PHT

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Updated August 20, 2026 11:02 AM PHT

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