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6. PHILIPPINE CLEAN WATER ACT 2004 - RA 9275 Flashcards

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“Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004.”

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RA 9275

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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. To achieve this end, the framework for _______________ shall be pursued

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sustainable development (10)

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RA 9275

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“Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004.”

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  • means a layer of water-bearing rock located underground that transmits water in sufficient quantity to supply pumping wells or natural springs.
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Aquifer

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  • means all organisms living in freshwater, brackish and marine environment.
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Aquatic life

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  • means the use of the environment or any element or segment thereof conducive to public or private welfare, safety and health; and shall include, but not be limited to, the use of water for domestic, municipal, irrigation, power generation, fisheries, livestock raising, industrial, recreational and other purposes.
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Beneficial use

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means the categorization
of all water bodies taking into account

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Classification/Reclassification of Philippine Waters

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  • means non-government organizations (NGOs) and people’s organizations (POs).
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Civil Society

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  • means the application of an integrated, preventive environmental strategy to processes, products, services to increase efficiency and reduce risks to humans and the environment;
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Cleaner production

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  • means activities involving the removal of pollutants discharged or spilled into a water body and its surrounding areas, and the restoration of the affected areas to their former physical, chemical and biological state or conditions.
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Clean-up operations

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  • means the introduction of substances not found in the natural composition of water that make the water less desirable or unfit for intended use.
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Contamination

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  • means the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
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Department

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not limited to: the act of spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, releasing or dumping of any material into a water body or onto land from which it might flow or drain into said water.

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Discharge

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  • means water intended for human consumption or for use in food preparation.
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Drinking water

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  • means any unauthorized or illegal disposal into any body of water or land of wastes or toxic or hazardous material: Provided, That it does not mean a release of effluent coming from
commercial, industrial, and domestic sources which are within the effluent standards.
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Dumping

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  • means discharges from known source which is passed into a body of water or land, or wastewater flowing out of a manufacturing plant, industrial plant including domestic, commercial and recreational facilities.
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Effluent

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combination thereof, of physical, chemical or biological parameters of effluent which a person or point source is allowed to discharge into a body of water or land.

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Effluent standard

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  • means the entire system which includes, but is not limited to, conservation, regulation and minimization of pollution, clean production, waste management, environmental law and policy, environmental education and information, study and mitigation of the environmental impacts of human activity, and environmental research.
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Environmental management

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  • means the part of the overall management system that includes organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing and maintaining the environmental policy.
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Environmental management system

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  • means water containing less than 500 ppm dissolved common salt, sodium chloride, such as that in groundwater, rivers, ponds and lakes.
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Freshwater

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  • means a subsurface water that occurs beneath a water table in soils and rocks, or in geological formations.
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Groundwater

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  • means relative ease with which a contaminant located at or near then land surface can migrate to the aquifer or deep well.
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Groundwater vulnerability

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  • means the identified areas of the land surface where groundwater quality is most at risk from human activities and shall reflect the different degrees of groundwater vulnerability based on a range of soil properties and hydro-geological criteria to serve as guide in the protection of the groundwater from contamination.
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Groundwater vulnerability map

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  • means any waste or combination of wastes of solid, liquid, contained gaseous, or semi-solid form which cause, or contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness, taking into account toxicity of such waste, its persistence and degradability in nature, its potential for accumulation or concentration in tissue, and other factors that may otherwise cause or contribute to adverse acute or chronic effects on the health of persons or organism.
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Hazardous waste

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  • means any solid, semi-solid or liquid waste material with no commercial value released by a manufacturing or processing plant other than excluded material.
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Industrial waste

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Tor F: a pollutant is referred to as (i) alters the quality of any segment of the receiving water body so as to affect or tend to affect adversely any beneficial use thereof;
(ii) is hazardous or potentially hazardous to health;
(iii) imparts objectionable odor, temperature change, or physical, chemical or biological change to any segment of the water body; or
(iv) is in excess of the allowable limits or concentrations or quality standards specified, or in
contravention of the condition, limitation or restriction prescribed in this Act.

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T

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means the policy guideline integrating all the existing frameworks prepared by all government agencies on water quality involving pollution from all sources. Specifically, the framework shall contain the following (5)

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Integrated Water Quality Management Framework

(a) water quality goals and targets;
(b) period of compliance;
c) water pollution control strategies and
techniques;
d) water quality info and education program;
(e) human resources development
program.

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  • means a landward and outer limiting edge adjacent to the border of any water bodies or a limit beyond where saturation zone ceases to exist.

Margin

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Margin

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means a report to be prepared by the Department indicating: (a) the location of water bodies, their water quality, taking into account seasonal, tidal and other variations, existing and potential uses and sources of pollution per specific pollutant and pollution load assessment; (b) water quality management areas pursuant to Section 5 of this Act; and
(c) water classification.

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National Water Quality Status Report

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  • means any source of pollution not identifiable as point source to include, but not be limited to: runoff from irrigation or rainwater which picks up pollutants from farms and urban areas.
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Non-point source

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  • means any identifiable source of pollution with specific point of discharge into a particular water body.
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Point source

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  • shall refer to any substance, whether solid, liquid, gaseous or radioactive, which directly or indirectly:
    (i) alters the quality of any segment of the receiving water body so as to affect or tend to affect adversely any beneficial use thereof;
(ii) is hazardous or potentially hazardous to health;
(iii) imparts objectionable odor, temperature change, or physical, chemical or biological change to any segment of the water body; or
(iv) is in excess of the allowable limits or concentrations or quality standards specified, or in
contravention of the condition, limitation or restriction prescribed in this Act.
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Pollutant

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  • means pollution control devices or apparatus, processes, or other means that effectively prevent, control or reduce pollution of water caused by effluents and other discharges, from any point source at levels within the water pollution standards.
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Pollution control technology

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  • ncludes isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, and other disposable medical equipment and material that may pose a risk to the public health, welfare or the marine environment.
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Potentially infectious medical waste

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  • means the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
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Secretary

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  • means the sludge produced on individual onsite waste water disposal systems, principally septic tanks and cesspools.
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Septage

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  • means water-borne human or animal wastes, excluding oil or oil wastes, removed from residences, buildings, institutions, industrial and commercial establishments together with such groundwater, surface water and storm water as maybe present including such waste from vessels, offshore structures, other receptacles intended to receive or retain wastes, or other places or
the combination thereof.
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Sewage

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  • includes, but is not limited to, any system or network of pipelines, ditches, channels, or conduits including pumping stations, lift stations and force mains, service connections including other constructions, devices, and appliances appurtenant thereto, which involves the collection, transport, pumping and treatment of sewage to a point of disposal.
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Sewerage

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  • means any solid, semi-solid or liquid waste or residue generated from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or water control pollution facility, or any other such waste having similar characteristics and effects.
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Sludge

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  • means all water which is open to the atmosphere and subject to surface runoff.
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Surface water

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  • means any method, technique, or process designed to alter the physical, chemical or biological and radiological character or composition of any waste or wastewater to reduce or prevent pollution.
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Treatment

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  • means the lowest amount of concentration of toxic pollutants which may cause chronic or long-term acute or lethal conditions or effects to the aquatic life or health of persons or which may adversely affect designated water uses.
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Toxic amount

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  • means any material either solid, liquid, semisolid, contained gas or other forms resulting from industrial, commercial, mining or agricultural operations, or from community and household activities that is devoid of usage and discarded.
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Waste

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  • means waste in liquid state containing pollutants.
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Wastewater

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  • means both natural and man-made bodies of fresh, brackish, and saline waters, and includes, but is not limited to, aquifers, groundwater, springs, creeks, streams, rivers, ponds, lagoons, water reservoirs, lakes, bays, estuarine, coastal and marine waters. Water bodies do not refer to those constructed, developed and used purposely as water treatment facilities and/or water storage for recycling and re-use which are integral to process industry or manufacturing.
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Water body

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  • means any alteration of the physical, chemical or biological or radiological properties of a water body resulting in the impairment of its purity or quality.
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Water pollution

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  • means the characteristics of water which define its use in terms of physical, chemical, biological, bacteriological or radiological characteristics by which the acceptability of water is evaluated.
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Water quality

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  • means the level for a water constituent or numerical values of physical, chemical, biological and bacteriological or radiological parameters which are used to classify water resources and their use, which does not result in significant health risk and which are not intended for direct enforcement but only for water quality management purposes, such as determining time trends, evaluating stages of deterioration or enhancement of the water quality, and as basis for taking positive action in preventing, controlling or abating water pollution.
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Water quality guidelines

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Water Quality Management Area Action Plan (7)

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(a) goals and targets including sewerage or septage program;
(b) schedule of compliance to
meet the applicable requirements of this Act;
(c) water pollution control strategies or techniques; (d) water quality information and education program;
(e) resource requirement and possible sources;
(f)enforcement procedures of the plan;
g) rewards and incentives under Chapter 4 of this Act.

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The Department, in coordination with ___________, shall designate certain areas as water quality management areas using appropriate physiographic units such as __________, __________ or ____________ resources regions.

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National Water Resources Board (NWRB)
watershed, river basins or water

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A ___________ for each management area is hereby created which shall be part of the Department and shall provide technical support to the governing board.

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technical secretariat

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the dept shall designate water bodies, or portions thereof, where specific pollutants from either natural or man-made source have already exceeded water quality guidelines as

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non-attainment areas

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each management area shall be composed of _______________ members who shall have the following minimum qualifications:

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at least four (4)
LAWYER, CHE, CE, BIO

a) One (1) member shall be a member of the Philippine Bar;
b) One (1) member shall be a Chemical Engineer, Chemist, Sanitary Engineer, Environmental
Engineer or Ecologist or have significant training and experience in chemistry;
c) One (1) member shall be a Civil Engineer or Hydrologist or have significant training and experience in closely related fields and mainly experience on ground water, respectively; and
d) One (1) member shall be a Geologist or Biologist or have significant training and experience in closely related fields.

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the DENR shall coordinate with these depts for the non-attainment areas [3]

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NWRB,

Department of Health (DOH)

Department of Agriculture (DA)

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___________ shall prepare a national program on sewerage and septage management in connection with Section 8 hereof. for a period in no case exceeding of _______________ in coordination with ________, _________ and other concerned agencies

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DPWH

twelve (12) months
department, LGUs

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president

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GMA

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speaker of hr

pres of senate

sec of HR

sec of senate

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J. de Venecia Jr.

F. Drilon

R.P. Nazareno

O.G. Yabes

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date approved

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March 02, 2004

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PAB

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pollution adjudication board

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The Department, in coordination with the
____________ of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively and other concerned agencies, shall promulgate the implementing rules and regulations for this Act, within __________ after the enactment of this Act

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Committees on Environment and Ecology
one (1) year

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shall be composed of five (5) Senators and five (5) Representatives to be appointed by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively.

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Joint Congressional Oversight Committee.

59
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PD that is repealed

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PD 984

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senate bill

house bill

date

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SB 2115

HB 5398

FEBRUARY 04, 2004

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