DREAMQUEST CONSULTING &

TRAINING SERVICES
DREAMQUEST CONSULTING &
TRAINING SERVICES

RA 9275: Philippine Clean Water Act

of 2004 (Overview)
 Edwin has more than 20 years of working
experience as Pollution Control Officer (PCO)
which he gained from various types of industries
such as ceramics, beverage/bottling, water
distribution and wastewater treatment, and
laboratory services. He is currently the Senior
Manager for Environment Safety and Health (ESH)
and concurrent PCO of First Philippine Industrial
Park (FPIP) for his employment in the past 21 years.
He was awarded as an outstanding PCO by the
DENR–EMB –R4A and by PCAPI Chapter R4A.
He used to be a member of the Board of Directors
of PCAPI-R4A Chapter and instrumental for
making FPIP a 3-time awardee for its exemplary
environmental programs; He is a chemical engineer
by profession and graduated from Mapua Institute
of Technology (MIT). He also gained knowledge on
ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 as an ENGR. EDWIN S. DE CHAVEZ
Integrated Management Systems (IMS) as Internal
Auditor for FPIP in the past more than 10 years.
 TOPIC OUTLINE

1. Water Situationer
(Uses of Water and Major Issues)
2. Philippine Clean Water Act
(Water Quality Standards, Water
Quality Criteria)
 WATER

Most vital resources for life.

 Availability and quality of water
determines where people can live
and their quality of life.
 Is a finite resources that has limits
and boundaries to its availability
and suitability.
 Water
WATER COVERS 71%
OF THE EARTH’S
SURFACE, MOSTLY
OCEANS AND
OTHER LARGE
WATER BODIES.
WATER
GLOBAL WATER USAGE
HOUSEHOLD WATER USE
 MAJOR ISSUES

 Over-extraction /
over-consumption
 Pollution
 Climate Change
 WATER SCARCITY

Its lack of enough water (quantity) or lack

of access to safe water (quality).
GLOBAL PHYSICAL & ECONOMIC WATER
SCARCITY
Global Physical & Economic Water Scarcity

THE HUMAN RIGHT TO

WATER
is indispensable for leading
a life in human dignity.

It is essential for the

realization of all human
rights.
UN GENERAK ASSEMBLY, 28 July 2010
WATER SUSTAINABILITY

Water sustainability efforts

ensure that adequate
amounts of high-
quality water supply will
continue to be available in
the future.
 PHILIPPINE CLEAN WATER ACT

State Policy:
🠜Art. 1 Chapter 1 (CWA)
“THE State shall pursue a policy of economic growth in
a manner consistent with the protection, preservation
and revival of the quality of our fresh, brackish and
marine waters, using the framework of sustainable
development”
.
The right to a clean, adequate water sources.
 PHILIPPINE CLEAN WATER ACT

Sustainable Development Framework

 Holistic National Program
 Integrated WQ Framework thru proper
delegation, effective coordination of functions
 Self regulation among industries
 Focus on pollution prevention rather than
control
 System of accountability of adverse
environmental impacts
 CWA CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

 Water Pollution Control Tech’s

 NAA
Integ. Water Quality  Natl. Septage/Sewerage Mgt.
Improv’t. Framework  Classification/ Reclassification
Groundwork Vulnerability
Mapping
 WQGuidelines
Water Quality WQMAP WQMAP  Effluent Standards
Mgt.Action  Categorization of Industry
Plan  Wastewater Charge System
(WQMAP)  Discharge Permits
 Financial Liability
 Programmatic EIA
 Incentives
households Industries Other Non-  Prohibitions/Sanctions/Actions
Pt. Sources
 WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

The setting of water quality standards depend on the

uses of water and on how the standards may contribute
to the environment making the community more
pleasant to live in.

The streams are classifies according to the highest

beneficial use that can be obtained from them.
 WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

Standards – limits beyond which water must not be

polluted based on its intended beneficial use
- Stream standard
- Effluent standard

Standards are set for different streams

classification.
FRESH SURFACE WATERS
FRESH SURFACE WATERS
 WATER QUALITY CRITERIA

Objective : To maintain the minimum conditions

necessary to assure the suitability of the water
for its designation use or classification.

” A WATER BODY THAT SUSTAINS ITS

BENEFICIAL USE HAS A GOOD WATER
QUALITY”
 WATER QUALITY CRITERIA

 Water Quality

 term used to express suitability of water to sustain various

uses.

 Water Quality Guidelines

 scientific data or numerical values of physical, chemical, biological
or radiological parameters which are used to classify water resources and
their use, which are not intended for direct enforcement but only for water
quality management purposes.
 WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES

Section 6.1 Table 3 DAO 2016-08: Primary Parameters for Fresh waters
EFFLUENT STANDARDS
EFFLUENT COMING FROM THE
INDUSTRIES
 POLLUTION SOURCES

33% Domestic
29% Agriculture
27% Industrial
11% Other Sources
SIGNIFICANT EFFLUENT QUALITY PARAMETER PER
SECTOR (TABLE 8 DAO 2016-09)
 EFFLUENT STANDARD
(TABLE 9 DAO 2016-08)
Parameter Unit Standard
Color TCU 150
Temperature DegC Change 3
pH Range 6 -9.5
BOD mg/L 50
TSS mg/L 100
Fecal Coliform MPN/100mL 400
Ammonia mg/L 0.5
Nitrate mg/L 14
Phosphate mg/L 1
Oil & Grease mg/L 5
Surfactant mg/L 15
 EFFLUENT QUALITY
MONITORING
SAMPLING – the most critical stage of
effluent quality monitoring.

SAMPLES – must be truly representative of

waste streams.

- must be sufficient amounts

- must taken properly