Primewater Infrastructure Corporation (dba as PrimeWater) is a water and wastewater services provider in the Philippines.
History.
PrimeWater was established on August 10, 2006. In five years it has expanded its reach to cover areas across the Philippines in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Water in the Philippines are supplied by water districts which are government-owned which often deals with funding issues. This led to them entering into public private partnerships to develop their water supply capabilities. Among this private firms is PrimeWater, which continued to expand in the 2010s by entering joint venture agreements (JVAs) with state-owned water districts.
By 2021, PrimeWater controls 100 water districts out of the more than 500 districts in the Philippines according to the Local Water Utilities Administration.
In 2023, the Commission on Audit noted lapses on PrimeWater's JVAs with Dasmariñas, Silang, Tagaytay and Trece Martires water districts.
In May 2025, the Local Water Utilities Administration began investigation on PrimeWater over its alleged poor services and high cost heading to an order by President Bongbong Marcos. This is despite Marcos' inclusion of Camille Villar in the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas electoral alliance ahead of the upcoming 2025 Philippine general election.
Service areas.
By 2021, PrimeWater entered into joint venture of operations with 100 water districts in the Philippines according to the Local Water Utilities Administration. Water districts by law cannot be sold to private corporations, hence PrimeWater develops these areas under a joint venture agreements (JVAs)
Management.
PrimeWater is a subsidiary of Prime Asset Ventures, Inc. The company is associated with the Villar business and political family which includes senators Manny and Cynthia Villar.