Manila Water’s progress on East Bay PH 2 Submarine Challenge

Ongoing launching and towing exercise of the one-kilometer-long pipe stringers with floaters and carry luggage on the Central Bay section for the 1,200mm East Bay Part 2 Submarine Transmission Traces Challenge.

MANILA, Philippines – Manila Water is making sizable headway within the ongoing development of the East Bay Part 2 (PH 2) Submarine Transmission Pipeline Challenge.

The mission, which began in July 2023, includes the arduous process of laying an unlimited submarine pipeline system to reinforce water distribution within the area.

The Central Bay and the West Bay are two initiatives that comprise the Submarine Transmission Traces, important elements of the East Bay PH 2 Water Therapy Plant.

The Central Bay Challenge, which prices over P1.7 billion, has two sub-packages and encompasses a 13.3-kilometer, 1,200-millimeter-diameter metal pipeline crossing the central bay of Laguna Lake from Jalajala to Binangonan in Rizal.

In the meantime, the P2.3 billion West Bay Challenge, which can be composed of two sub-packages, includes the set up of a 1,200-mm-diameter metal pipeline stretching 18.3 kilometers from the west bay of Laguna Lake in Binangonan to the onshore level in Taguig.

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To finish the West Bay part, an extra 1 kilometer terrestrial pipeline of the identical diameter shall be put in.

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The Central Bay development, now 24% full, has already launched a 1,422-meter pipe part.

Pipe stringing actions are at the moment underway on the West Bay section for the 1,200mm East Bay Part 2 Submarine Transmission Traces Challenge.

Concurrently, the West Bay Challenge has additionally made sizable progress and is at the moment 44% full.

The West Bay Challenge has been launching quick stringers totaling to eight,802 meters, with 72 stringers (3,888 meters) already linked and submerged by concrete sinkers.

With the East Bay Part 2 Submarine Transmission Traces Challenge, Manila Water will be capable to convey potable water from the East Bay Water Therapy Plant in Pakil, Laguna, to Taguig Metropolis by means of the set up of a 1,400mm diameter inland pipeline and a 1,200mm diameter submarine pipeline.

With a complete mission value of P7.84 billion, the East Bay PH 2 Water Therapy Plant is anticipated to ship potable water to an estimated inhabitants of two million in Pasig, Pateros, Taguig, and close by cities by the third quarter of 2025. 

This water provide augmentation mission is a part of the corporate’s Water Provide Grasp Plan that goals to make sure water safety and provide reliability within the East Zone.

With its completion, the mission may even reduce water provide dependence on Angat Dam.