Republic ofthe Philippines Department of Agriculture ‘BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT ‘SRDC Bldg, Elliptical Road corner Visayas Avene, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 January 26, 2023 Z MS. MARY ROSE AZUCENA Student San Pascual, Batangas email: azucenamram@gmail.com mobile no: 09107007518 Dear Ms. Azucena: Greetings in the pursuit of agricultural excellence! ‘This has reference to your inquiry sent through eFOI portal on 11 January 2023, requesting the properties of Guadaltipe clay loam in San Carlos, Rosario Batangas specifically its soil bearing capacity and/or soil pressure, ‘The Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) is actually mandated on sustainable management of soil and water resources for agriculture, hence soll characterization by our Soil Survey Division is also inclined toward agricultural application. At the moment, the available information we can provide you is the soil description of Guadalupe series and Guadalupe clay loam extracted from the Soil Survey Report of Batangas (M. Alicante etal, 1938) and Soil Survey Report of Rizal (1989). You may access and download the soil information through this link: https.//bitly/GuadalupeSeriesinfo, Kindly note that the data/information will be made available once the following forms are submitted to survey@bswm.dagov.ph: 1, Terms and Conditions Use Form through /ittps://bit.ly/BSWM.TCUs; and 2. Accomplished Online Customer Satisfaction Feedback through: heips://bitly/SSDCSF.2023, upon receipt of the soil information. ‘Should you have further queries about soil and water for agriculture, you may contact us through the BSWM Customers Center at trunkline no. 02-8273-2474 local 3202 or email address: customers.center@bswmdagov.ph. You may also contact Mr. Sandy B. Abiad, Senior Agriculturist of SSD at local 3226. Our office is open from Mondays to Fridays (except Holidays) from 8:00am to 5:00pm. Our officer of the day will be glad to assist you ‘Thank you. Sincerely, My cinale. ALO, PhD RELEASED Diredto | Ref No.: 202301_RE-00181 — SS —Q/OF3 Cate. FEB 06 2003