ILOILO CITY, April 16 -- Water supply is expected to get a boost from PHP80 million worth of pipelaying projects covering 5,418 linear meters in this city.

Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW) broke the ground for its three such projects and also inaugurated two completed projects here on Tuesday.

The projects aimed to improve water availability in its service areas, reach unserved areas in Mandurriao and Jaro districts, and cease the operations of illegal deep wells in the area while targeting about 6,000 new accounts.

"We do need water for Iloilo and right now, our coverage is only 26 percent. We are starting to be more aggressive in expansion and this is a small scope compared to the overall target that we want. We want to cover 100 pe...