Vivant Hydrocore, a unit of Cebu-based Vivant Corp., has been awarded the contract to supply desalinated water to Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) for 25 years.
Vivant Hydrocore submitted a solicited proposal for the Cordova Bulk Water Supply Project in response to an invitation to bid published by MCWD on September 25, 2020.
Vivant is the private sector proponent while Watermatic Philippines Corp. is its technical partner.
The company will build a utility scale desalination plant that will augment the limited bulk water supply of MCWD by 20,000 cubic meters per day of treated and potable water.
“Vivant Hydrocore commits to provide an efficient and reasonably priced solution that will help improve MCWD’s water supply,” the company said in a statement.
“The Cordova Desalination Project is aligned with Vivant’s mission to provide forward-looking and adaptable solutions to improve everyday living in Metro Cebu. The project is the Vivant Group’s contribution to MCWD’s efforts to find an integrated solution to Metro Cebu’s water needs.”
Water is not only essential to Metro Cebu’s economy, but is also vital to the health and overall well-being of the community, particularly amid our collective efforts to manage the spread of the Covid-19, it said.
Metro Cebu, which has grown so large over the years, is experiencing annual water shortages that starts as early as January and will last throughout the summer season.
In 2019, the company established Watermatic., a joint venture of Vivant and its Israeli partner Watermatic International Ltd. Vivant’s 60 percent-owned subsidiary specializes in providing solutions for water treatment for a 13 variety of needs including for industry, drinking water and agriculture. Its services include the design, engineering, construction, installation and operations and maintenance of water and wastewater treatment systems.
In February 2020, the company acquired a 45-percent equity interest in Faith Lived Out Visions 2 Ventures Holdings Inc. (FLOWs). The transaction resulted in Vivant ultimately owning 40 percent of Puerto Princesa Water Reclamation and Learning Center Inc., the joint venture company of the City of Puerto Princesa and FLOWs that is developing a combined sewerage and septage facility for Puerto Princesa.