Maynilad, the private water concessionaire for the West Zone, showed its support to save Pasig River by participating in the recent 2009 Philippine International Marathon with the theme “Run for Pasig.â€
The much-anticipated running event aims to raise funds and awareness on the Kapit Bisig para sa Ilog Pasig project led by the ABS-CBN Foundation and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Maynilad put up drinking stations strategically located along the course of the 3-km, 5-km, 10-km and 42-km race categories for the hydration needs of over 21,000 runners.
Maynilad is among the private institutions that pledged support to the Kapit Bisig project through a five-year sewerage and sanitation plan that includes the upgrading of its sewerage facilitaties in Manila and an intensified septage-collection and treatment program for unsewered customers. In the photo, runners crowd the Maynilad drinking station in Quirino Grandstand to get potable water.