The construction and engineering arm of DMCI Holdings has broken ground for the P10.5-billion Caloocan-Malabon-Navotas (Camana) Water Reclamation Facility project of Maynilad Water Services Inc. (Maynilad), the biggest of its kind in the country.
Expected to be operational by the third quarter of 2021, Maynilad’s Camana facility is designed to treat 205 million liters per day of wastewater.
Around 1.2 million households in South Caloocan, Malabon and Navotas are expected to benefit from the project.
“This is an enormous undertaking because it involves expanding the capacity of a 40-year old facility by over 600 percent,” said Jorge Consunji, president of D.M. Consunji Inc.
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