A beer giant just offered water to end Manila's shortage, but there's a catch

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MANILA (BLOOMBERG) - San Miguel Corp, the Philippine company known for its brewery, is offering clean and treated water to help solve Manila's shortage.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

MANILA - San Miguel Corp, the Philippine company known for its brewery, is offering clean and treated water to help solve Manila's shortage.

Separately, state-run Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System has identified three sources that can provide 200 million litres of water a day. President Rodrigo Duterte ordered Manila Water and Maynilad Water Services Inc to address the shortage. "It is the responsibility of our long-privatised water utilities to ensure sufficient supply," Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said in a statement.

Customers of Manila Water, which serves half of the capital, have been queuing in front of water pumps, chasing firetrucks for supply and hoarding water containers as taps dry up.

 

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