WATER AND WASTE

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
What is water and waste management?
Following a natural or man-made disaster, large amounts of
contaminated water may need to be contained and treated before safe
discharge to the environment or wastewater treatment plant.
What is waste management in the
Philippines?
The Philippines has endeavored to improve its management of solid
waste through the passage of RA 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste
Management Act that provides for a systematic, comprehensive and
ecological waste management program to ensure the protection of
public health and the environment.
 Waste water treatment process
Wastewater Treatment Process Phase Separation − It transfers impurities into a non-aqueous phase.
Sedimentation − Sedimentation is a physical water treatment process using gravity to remove suspended
solids from water. Solid particles entrained by the turbulence of moving water may be removed naturally
by sedimentation in the still water of lakes and oceans.
Filtration − Suspension of fine solids may be removed by filtration through physical barriers such as coarser
screens or sieves.
Oxidation − This process diminishes the biochemical oxygen demand of wastewater and may reduce the
toxicity of some impurities. Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) are a set of chemical treatment of
wastewater purported to remove organic and also inorganic materials in waste water by oxidation through
reaction with hydroxyl radicals. Chemical oxidation may remove some persistent organic pollutants and
concentrations remaining after biochemical oxidation. Wastewater treatment plants are set up for effective
treatment of wastewater. They may be distinguished by the type of wastewater to be treated. They are as
follows.
Sewage treatment plants
Industrial wastewater treatment plants
Agricultural wastewater treatment plants
Water treatment plant diagram
Wastewater refers to any water that is not clean or is adversely affected in quality
by human-induced activities. Wastewater originates from a combination of
domestic, industrial, commercial, or agricultural activities. Wastewater treatment
or management refers to the processes used to convert wastewater into an
effluent that can be either returned to the water cycle with negligible
environmental impact or can be reused. The major objective of wastewater
treatment is generally to allow human and industrial effluents to be disposed of
without danger to human health or unacceptable damage to the natural
environment.
One of the biggest environmental concern is that water will be scarce in the
future. The lack of fresh water resources is already affecting the world, including
the Philippines. Hence, it’s important that water waste management is being
applied. This should be done by every Filipino, and every organization in the
country.

According to Water.org, 9 million Filipinos lack access to safe water. That’s a lot,
and that’s something to be concerned about. Apparently, fresh water is also being
consumed for industrial purposes, making water for personal consumption such as
drinking, cooking, and bathing becoming less accessible to the common people.
Reducing use of fresh water for industrial use will help alleviate the water shortage
issue.