PHILIPPINE CLEAN WATER ACT
WATER QUALITY
v GUIDANCE AND
EFFLUENT
STANDARDS OF
2016
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Focal Person, Manila Bay
2023 Program EMB-CALABARON
“Water is our most precious
resource, a ‘blue gold’ to
which more than 2 billion
people do not have direct
access. It is not only
essential for survival, but
also plays a sanitary, social
and cultural role at the heart
of human societies,” says
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PAANO
KUNG
KULANG
OR
WALANG
TUBIG?
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HUMAN CONSUMPTION OF FRESH WATER
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ALMOST
50% OF
THE
PRESENT
FRESH
WATER
SOURCES
ARE
DEPLETE
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D
SOURCES OF FRESH WATER
1. GROUND
WATER
2. RIVER
3. RAIN WATER
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MAJOR ISSUES
OVER CONSUMPTION/OVER EXTRACTION
POLLUTION
CLIMATE CHANGE
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WATER SCARCITY
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WATER
SUSTAINABILITY:
Our responsibility
Continued supply of clean water for human use
and other living things.
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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 suitabity
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Philippin
e Clean
Water
Act
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• Coverage: (Sec. 3)
COVERAGE This Act shall apply to all water
quality management to all water
OF THE bodies; Provided That is shall
primarily apply to the
PHILIPPINE abatement and control of
CLEAN pollution from all land based
sources, Provided further, That the
WATER water quality standards and
regulations and civil liability and
ACT penal provisions inside this Act
shall be enforce irrespective of
sources of pollution
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Use and
manage all
water
bodies
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FRAMEWORK IN MANAGING WATER
BODIES
NATURAL INTER- SHARED FOR THE
RESOURCES CONNECTED RESPONSIBILITY BENEFIT OF ALL
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minimum conditions
necessary to assure the
Water suitability of the water for its
designation use or
Quality classification
” A WATER BODY THAT
Criteri SUSTAINS ITS BENEFICIAL
USE HAS A GOOD
a WATER QUALITY”
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Fresh
Surface
Waters
(rivers,
lakes,
reservoirs,
etc.)
(Table 1 .
DAO 2016-
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08)
WHY
CLASSIFY:
1. PRESENT CONDITION AND USAGE
2. MANAGEMENT
3. CLEAR GOAL
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Water Quality Guidelines (Table 3. DAO
2016-08)
Primary Parameter for Fresh waters
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DISCHARGE
S
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GENERAL EFFLUENT
STANDARDS
(Section 7 . DAO 2016-
08)
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• Discharge of sewage or
PROTECTED trade effluent are
WATERS prohibited or not
allowed to all protected
waters (Class AA and
SA)
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EFLUENT STANDARD FOR DOMESTIC/SEWAGE
PARAMETE
AA A B C D
R
ND
BOD 20 30 50 120
A
ND
AMMONIA 2 3 4 9
A
ND
NITRATE 14 14 14 30
A
PHOSPHAT ND
1.0 1.5 4.0 10.0
E A
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OIL AND ND
5 5 5 15
INDUSTRY SIGNIFICANT
PSIC
CATEGORY PARAMETER
Significant Real estate
BOD, Fecal
Coliform, Ammoia,
Effluent 681
activities, with
owned or leased
Nitrate, Phosphate,
Quality properties
Oil and Grease,
surfactant
Parameter Restaurant, food BOD, Total
chain, bars and suspended solids,
per Sector 56
other food and Oil and grease,
beverages servies surfactant
(Table 8. BOD Total
DAO 2016- suspended solids
Total Coliform
014 Animal production
08) (Class B and SB),
Ammonia,
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Phosphate
NUMERICAL VALUE OF SIGNIFICANT
PARAMETER (USING TABLE 9 OF DAO
2016-08)
1 2 3
1. IDENTIFY 2. BODY OF WATER 3. CLASSIFICATION
SIGNIFICANT OF BODY OF WATER
PARAMETER
BASED ON TABLE 8
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EFFLUENT STANDARD TABLE 9 (DAO -2016-
(56)Restaurant qsr, 08)
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Justification
Technical Report:
REQUEST FOR 1. wastewater characterization
MODIFICATIO 2. Monthly data (influent and effluent) 1-
year period
N OF 3. Capital and operating cost of existing
WTP
SIGNIFICANT 4. Technology and design efficient of
existing wtp
EFFLUENT 5.Wastewater source(s) for parameters
concerns
PARAMETERS Estimated additional expenses for
compliance
EMB may validate data and act on
the request within 20 days from
receipt.
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REVISED EFFLUENT STANDARDS
(DAO-2021-19 Sec.4)
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EFFLUENT QUALITY
MONITORING
sampling Laboratory analysis
Recommend action to Evaluation of results
be taken
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BAKIT SAAN KAILAN ILANG PAANO BUDGE
BESES
T
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WHERE
TO TAKE
SAMPLE
S
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WASTE WATER CHARGE
SYSTEM
OBJECTIVE: Reduce the pollutants
and wastewater discharge into the
environment
Basis of payment to the government
for discharging wastewater into the
environment
Computer on the net waste load
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Discharge Permits
(Sec.14)
Legal authorization granted by DENR to
discharge wastewater into the
environment
• Include:
Quality/quantity of effluent
Compliance Schedule
Monitoring requirements
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Who must • ANY PERSON THAT
SHALL DISCHARGE IN
secure a ANY MANNER
WASTEWATER INTO
Discharge THE PHILIPPINE
Permit: WATERS AND/OR
LAND SHALL SECURE
(Rule A WASTEWATER
DISCHARGE PERMIT
14.1)
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Fees:
(Rule
14.1)
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FIXED
FEE
(Rule
14.5)
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WASTE LOAD BASED FEE (Rule
13.1)
Waste Load Discharge Fee = Ln X RL
RL = initially fixed at P5.00/kg BOD or TSS
Ln = [(cf x Qf x Nf)-(Ca x Qa x Na)] 0.001
⚬ Cf = effluent concentration limit (mg/L)
⚬ Qf = flow rate measurement (m₃/day)
⚬ Nf = total number of discharge days/yr
⚬ Ca = water quality of abstracted water (mg/L)
⚬ Qa = average flow rate of abstracted flow rate (m₃/day)
⚬ Na = total number of abstraction day (day/yr)
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CAN BE EXEMPTED FROM
WASTEWATE SECURING A DISCHARGE PERMIT
IF 100% OF WASTEWATER IS
R
TREATED BY THE CENTRAL
DISCHARGE TREAMENT FACILITY
INTO A MUST SECURE AND SUBMIT
CENTRAL “CERTIFICATE OF CONNECTION”
TREATMENT
(Rule 13.8)
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1. MUST SECURE A
DISCHARGE PERMIT
2. MUST SUBMIT CERTIFICATION
FROM DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
CERTIFYING THAT THE QUANTITY
AND QUALITY APPLIED FOR RE-
USE ARE SUITABLE FOR
AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.
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FOR NEW
APPLICATIO
N
(on-line)
(Rule 14.2)
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⚬PCO Accreditation
⚬Copies of SMR
RENEWAL submitted
⚬Payment of
(on-line) administrative fee
(Rule
14.3) EFFECTIVITY OF
PERMIT: 5 years
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GROUND
FOR
SUSPENSI
ON OF
DISCHARG
E PERMIT
(Rule
14.11)
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EFFECT OF DISAPPROVAL, SUSPENSION
OR REVOCATION OF WASTEWATER
DISCHARGE PERMIT (Rule 14.12)
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Any person who commits any of the
prohibited acts or violates any
provision of this Act
Fine - Max. of P200T/ day of
violation
- subject to the PAB
Gross Violation - Imprisonment - 6 to 10
discretion
years
• deliberate discharge of pollutants per RA
6969
• 10 or more violations of any of the
prohibited acts w/in 24 mos.
• blatant disregard of PAB order
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DISCHARGE
PERMIT
APPLICATIO
N
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SELF
MONITORIN
G REPORT
(Rule 23.1)
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COMPLIANC
E
MONITORIN
G
INSPECTION
(Rule 23.2))
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• OBJECTIVE
⚬ Reduce/eliminate the amount of
pollutants entering the waste
WATER stream and the environment
⚬ Maximize the utilization of the
MANAGEME water resources
NT METHODS
PROGRAM Source reduction
Re-use
Treatment
Disposal (within standards)
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Water balance
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AVERAG
E
WATER
USE IN
QSR
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Septic Tank
DOH AO-2019-
0047
NATIONAL
STANDARD ON
THE DESIGN,
CONSTRUCTION,
OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE OF
SEPTIC TANK
SYSTEM
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1. primary treatment; efficiency is 30-
50 % BOD removal
⚬ Load – 50 gals/head/day SOME
• 2. water tight rectangular tank
• 3.Minimum detention time : 24 NOTES ON
hours
• 4. minimum of two chambers SEPTIC
• 5. De-sludging - every 3-5 years
• 6.location: accessible area for TANK
easement of de-sludging
• 7. Prohibited discharge: storm OPERATIO
water, food. Oil and grease,
N
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Grease trap
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WHY RESTAURANT NEEDS
GREASE TRAP
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EFFLUENT STANDARDS FOR QSR (PSIC
37000)
• DOMESTIC/SEWAGE DISCHARGES
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EFFLUENT STANDARD FOR QSR (PSIC
56)
• B. KITCHEN WASTEWATER
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TYPICAL WASTEWATER
MANAGEMENT IN STAND ALONE QSR
(from 2021 EMB ISES STUDY)
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TYPICAL WASTEWATER
MANAGEMENT IN STAND ALONE QSR
(FROM 2021 EMB ISES STUDY)
• B.
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TYPICAL WASTEWATER
MANAGEMENT IN STAND ALONE QSR
(FROM 2021 EMB ISES STUDY)
• C.
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TYPICAL RAW WASTEWATER
QUALITY IN QSR
BOD TSS OIL/GREASE SURFACTANT
AVERAGE 900 750 350 10
MAXIMUM 3000 6500 16,500 -
MINIMUM 250 15 5 -
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Pollution
prevention
(P2)
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PCO-Our
Task
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Our
responsibilit
y
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