PROPOSED OUTLINE OF EFFLUENT QUOTA

Prepared by Engr. Catherine E. Joaquin

• PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
a. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST
i. MWSS Regulation 75-71 disallowing acceptance of any industrial waste into
the sewer
ii. Pre-treatment requirements/industrial wastes regulations used by MWC Iand
MWSI
b. AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT
i. Waste recovery systems
ii. Pre-treatment standards for commercial and industrial establishments for
acceptance into a public sewer
iii. Includes septic tank effluent and other primary treatment facilities

c. RISKS TO COLLECTION SYSTEM/TREATMENT WITHOUT EFFLUENT PRE-

TREATMENT:
i. Toxic chemicals
ii. Pollutants that could create a fire or explosion hazard
iii. Corrodes the system with acidic substances
iv. Clog the system with solids
v. High temperatures
d. Existing Sources (PSES)
e. New Sources (PSNS)
f. Separate pre-treatment standards for combination of different systems

• COMPLETE TREATMENT
• MANDATORY CONNECTION TO SEWERAGE SYSTEM
• EFFLUENT STANDARDS
a. CLEAN WATER ACT PROVISIONS (CWA):
i. Per Industry Sector (Industry-specific)
ii. Effluent Quota Allocation
iii. Effluent Trading
b. PAD
i. Existing standards in DAO 35 need to be revised
ii. General effluent standards has been proposed
iii. List of industrial sectors has been prepared (e.g. Sec. 12 of CWA)
c. TOR
 i. Formulate specific effluent standards for domestic liquid wastes,
sludge/biosolids; propose/revise effluent standards for domestic wastewater
discharges, biosolids and other selected water quality parameters
ii. Conduct/monitor the study in developing industry-specific effluent standards
on selected industry sectors, 1) small and medium scale and quick service
restaurants, 2) hotels, 3) health facilities, etc..
iii. Effluent standards for commercial establishments
NOTE: If discharged to the sewer, use pre-treatment standards
If discharged directly to water bodies, existing standards in DAO 35
needs to be revised
iv. Conduct study of effluent discharge standards based on the economic, financial
viability that would help the economic and financial viability of the proposal

1. INTRODUCTION
2. DIAGNOSIS OF ACTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION AND CURRENT
SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION
2.1. Environmental situation of WQMAs
2.2. Socioeconomic aspects
2.3. Sources of pollution
2.3.1. Industrial pollution
2.3.2. Domestic sewage
2.4. Water quality
2.5. Environmental and socioeconomic implications
2.6. Existing initiatives to combat pollution WQMA
2.6.1. Sanitation Program for the Cities and Municipalities in WQMA
2.6.2. Revitalization of the WQMA
3. INSTITUTIONAL DIAGNOSIS
3.1. Legal aspects
3.1.1. Legislation
3.2. Governance and control
3.2.1. Deficiencies in the governance and control system
4. NEGOTIABLE POLLUTANT EMISSION QUOTA SYSTEMS
4.1. Introduction - economic instruments
4.1.1. Negotiable quota trading systems
4.1.2. Negotiable quota trading systems for water resources
4.2. Structure and operation of a Negotiable Quota System
4.3. Preconditions for the Viability of Negotiable Quota Systems
5. FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF NEGOTIABLE QUOTAS FOR WQMA
5.1. Fungibility of traded quotas
5.1.1. Fungibility between effluent categories
 5.1.2. Fungibility in terms of spatial equivalence
5.1.3. Conclusion and recommendations
5.2. Recognition of the impacts of industrial launches
5.2.1. Conclusion and recommendations
5.3. Data availability
5.3.1. Data availities for system definition
5.3.2. Type of information collected
5.3.3. Conclusion and recommendations
5.4. Ability to monitor, verify and comply with the law
5.4.1. Monitoring and verification capability
5.4.2. Conclusion and recommendations
5.5. Comparative advantages
5.5.1. Marginal abatement cost curves (MAC curves)
5.5.2. Conclusion and recommendations
5.6. Markets and liquidity
5.6.1. Conclusion and recommendations
5.7. Political will and acceptance by participants
5.7.1. Conclusion and recommendations
5.8. Legal issues
5.8.1. Conclusion and recommendations
6. CONCLUSIONS
7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
8. APPENDICES