the canDIshhh tales

So yesterday, we were visited by Romy of Maynilad - and he told us that it was IMPOSSIBLE that the debris came from their water pipes because the water meters have a strainer in them.  I then told him that I wanted to see the strainer - but he didn't have the tools to show me.  So he said he will come back today so that he can schedule a visit together with his technical people. And so at exactly 9:00am today - he knocked on our door and there were 3 Maynilad uniformed people with him.  They then proceeded to take out the meter to show me the strainer.  My there were a LOT of water, a LOT - and they had to turn a certain knob to stop the flow.  They unscrewed the meter and proudly showed me the meter's strainer: Yes, the meter did have a strainer - but can you see how big the holes were?  I mean, sure - it can trap BIG debris, but what about sand?  The refuted this telling me that it was impossible that the debris came from them.  I then s...

05/30/2013 Update:   Romy for Maynilad visted us regarding this complain.  He claims that its IMPOSSIBLE for the debris/residue to come from their pipes because they have a strainer in their pipes.  I told him that I'd like to see the strainer - and he agreed, telling me that he will report back in the office so that they can schedule their technical people to do it for me tomorrow.  Good luck! I've had never ending problems with Maynilad.  You can read them here , here and here .. They constantly repair our street's sidewalks for re-piping BUT then, there is no improvement with the water.  There are times in a month that suddenly - there is no water during night time.  I've said it before - and I am sure a lot of you feel the same way - mawalan na ng kuryente, wag lang ng tubig , am I right? So the past few days, our kitchen faucet has been spewing a weird type of water.  It was flowing perfectly for the past four years.  I've never ...