Maynilad Water Services Inc. said it increased the production of its Putatan water treatment facilities 1 and 2 from 80 million liters per day (MLD) to 125 MLD as of 2 a.m. yesterday, May 2 but noted supply disruption in its service area may still continue. Maynilad said the facilities are still below the normal full production of 250 MLD per day due to the algae proliferation in Laguna Lake caused by warm temperatures brought about by the mild El Niño. Fernandez said government should now put effort into cleaning Laguna Bay similar to what has been done in Boracay and Manila Bay.

Macapagal, J., & Castro, R. (2019, May 3). Lake disruption persists, Laguna Lake cleanup pushed. Malaya Business Insight, pp. A1, A7.