A seven-company delegation from Malaysia arrived in the country Monday for a three-day trade mission to seek joint ventures with local water companies that will invest in wastewater treatment.
“We already spoke to the MWSS [Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System] and LWUA [Local Water Utilities Association]. The big water utilities like Manila Water and Maynilad are very keen on the technology that the visiting Malaysian companies are bringing over,” Malaysian trade commissioner in the Philippines Har Man Ahmad said at the start of the three-day mission at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati City.
The Malaysian business delegation expects to forge new partnerships and joint ventures with local Philippine companies, said Ahmad.
Ahmad said Manila Water had already inquired of the waste water treatment equipment and was looking forward to doing business with the Malaysian group.
He said Manila Water’s level of wastewater treatment was still low at 12 percent.
Ahmad said the advanced technology of Malaysian wastewater companies would enable big players such as Manila Water and Maynilad as well as local water utilities to significantly improve the level of their wastewater treatment and comply with the protocol set by the Environment Department on wastewater treatment.
Ahmad said both Manila Water and Maynilad were keen on entering into a supply contract with a Malaysian company for specialized water piping equipment.
“The Malaysian piping system is an advanced technology that could easily aid water companies in the laying of pipes in very tight areas like Metro Manila,” he said.
