AGRICULTURAL FARMS

Background Information:

1. Name of the business

2. How long did the business operate since then?
3. Is the business accredited and registered under DOA?
4. Is the business handled by a sole owner or are there any co-owners with the
same business?
5. Are there any known businesses that grows livestock animals near your area
and the coastal?
6. What is the position of the interviewee

Waste Management:

1. Parameters

- What species do you keep as livestock?

- How many animals can the farm keep during each the wet and
dry season?
- Is the farm big enough to keep raising animals with that number?

2. Waste Awareness

- How much waste is being collected monthly?

- Are the wastes separated according to their type and amount?
- Do you know the different type of waste?
- Does the farm have different way to dispose this waste?
- Does this waste do ever get used as a manure for the lands nearby?

3. Irrigation System

- Does the farm have irrigation system?

- Does it connect to the river?
- Does the farm have its own waterline?
- How often does the farm encounters problems with water shortage?

4. Treatment Facility
 - Does the farm have its own water treatment facility for the waste?
- Can the farm afford its own water treatment facility for the waste?
- Are there practices that the farm has that manages waste best?
What is it?
- If the farm were to build its own treatment facility, does it have
enough space for the construction of the facility?
- Can the farm afford its own treatment facility?

5. Presence of Septic Tank

- Can the farm afford a septic tank? Can you say it’s costly?
- Does the farm have its own septic tank for the feces? If so, how
is it cleaned?
- Did the farm take a sanitary permit?
LOCAL BARANGAY GOVERNMENT UNIT

Background Information

1. Who is the barangay captain?

2. Does the local barangay work with the EMB?
3. Does the local barangay work with the Municipal Engineer?
4. Does the local barangay have list on some unregistered livestock production farms?

Waste Management:

1. Public Sanitation Facility

- Did the barangay ever propose a project like public sanitation

facility?
If so, where is it situated now?
- How is collecting and cleaning of waste done?
- How many sanitations facility did the barangay build?

2. Fecal Waste Discussion/Forum among community

- Has the local barangay done a symposium regarding waste disposal?

- Do you think that the problem along the coast of Opol could have
been evaded if there was any effort to educate the residents near the
coast about waste management especially feces?

3. Water Treatment Facility Provision

- Has the local barangay owned a water treatment facility for farms?
- Does the barangay ever thought of building a water treatment
facility?
- Will the barangay be able to afford a fully functioning water
treatment facility?

4. Conditions of Drainage System

 - When was the last update on the conditions of the drainage system?
- Is it expensive to propose a rehabilitation on the drainage system?
- Is the drainage system connected to septage lines?

5. Political Coordination

- Are there any political coordination aside from environmental

resolution that the barangay can offer to fix the problem?
- Has the barangay reflected or consider on urban planning/relocating
most residents away from the coastline?
- What other settlement has the barangay decided since the problem
has been growing for two years?
MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS (OPOL)

Background Information

1. Do you live here or had you before in the municipality?

2. How long had you work here in the municipality?
3. What specialty as an engineer do you practice here on the municipality?
4. What can you say about the municipality’s approaches to waste management
systems?
5. Have you had work on the water management system in the municipality?
6. Does the sector work with the local barangays?

Waste Management:

1. Drainage System

- Are there regular inspections on the drainages of Barangay

Taboc? When was the last inspection?
- Are there recorded household that have their septic system
connected to the public drainage system?
- What problems does the municipality encounter in their drainage
system?

2. Fecal Pollution in the Coast

- Have there been any proposed solution to the problems of fecal

pollution in the coast of Opol?
- What engineering approach did the municipality considered or
presented to overcome the problems of fecal pollution?
- Are there data that can approximate or locate the causes of the
problems?

3. Septic Systems
 - Are there data that presents the septic density of Barangay
Taboc?
- Is there a private sewer system in the barangay?
- In the residential area, do they follow or consult a construction
design for their septic system?
(IF YES, what kind of design is it? Is it a standardized design
for all the residential units?)
(IF NO, is it safe to use a non-standardized design for the
residential area?)
- Where does these effluents get flushed out?
- What should be the standard septic system for a residential house
be?

4. Political Coordination

- Did the Barangay Taboc collaborated with the Municipal Engineer

about the problems along the coast of Opol?
- Were there any consideration of urban planning/relocation of the
residents away from the coast?
- What political recommendations can you give to recondition the
waters along the coast near Barangay Taboc?