Residents queue for water at Barangay 101 in Manila on January 11, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

MANILA — Water concessionaire Maynilad on Tuesday said the service interruption in some barangays in Quezon City and Valenzuela is just part of their regular maintenance activities.

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In a post on X, Maynilad announced temporary interruption in barangays Gulod and Santa Monica, both in the Novaliches area of Quezon City. Maynilad's Jennifer Rufo said this is part of regular maintenance activities and has little effect to customers. 

"Sa haba ng pipe network na ating mina-manage, sa dami ng pasilidad, lagi tayo kailangan magsagawa ng maintenance para masiguro na maayos ang kondisyon ng ating mga pasilidad," Rufo told ABS-CBN News.

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(Our pipe network is massive, so we have to regularly do maintenance work to ensure the system is in good condition.)

"Every week meron tayong sine-schedule na activity. Iba ibang lugar ito, hindi ito sa isang lugar palagi. Hindi sya daily," she added. 

(These happen in various places and it doesn't happen daily.)

Rufo said maintenance activities are done at night to lessen the inconvenience for their customers.

"Hangga't maaari, ginagawa ito dis oras ng gabi, para pag tulog ang customers, doon gumagawa ng activity para paggising sa umaga, balik na ang water service sa kanilang lugar. Hardly any effect po," she added. 

(We do these in the wee hours when our customers are asleep so when they wake up, water service is back.)

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