Component 3: Public and private sector investments in priority sewerage and sanitation projects.
This component will address pollution problems in the Pasig River, Manila Bay and the Laguna
Lake by enhancing the septage management component under MTSP. This component includes:
i) upgrading of a sewage treatment plant to a combined septage/sewage treatment plant; ii)
review and identification of independent providers of septage removal and transportation, and
determination of sources of financing for upgrading the trucks to a minimum acceptable
standard; iii) provision of technical assistance to private small-scale septage operators and
training to improve current practices in hauling septage; iv) provision of assistance to the
MWSS-Regulatory Office in expanding the current scope of the Public Assessment on Water
Services (PAWS) to cover sewerage and sanitation services; and v) organization of knowledge
dissemination workshops for watershed agencies